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You're implying you think they're wrong? Why not instead state why you think they're wrong.

• barrkel 9y ago
  I'm not really interested in a to and fro off-topic argument, but I know from previous to and fros, every big European country has its own heroes of the enlightenment. I find proclaiming nationalist "we're special" ownership ugly and usually ignorant, which is why I commented.
  • jpttsn 9y ago
    You suggest Britain is an unlikely candidate, merely because there are other options? Wouldn't it be much easier to criticize the notion that one country built the modern world?
    • dbingham 9y ago
      That's exactly what he(or she) is criticizing.
      • jpttsn 9y ago
        Not explicitly. Instead, his/her argument has the form: "Every country claims to be the important country, and nationalists are bad, so it can't be Britain." I commented because I thought that argument was badly constructed. Of course, anyone can guess whether the argument's author supports the alternative argument (as you claim).