> It's pretty simple to think that so many years ago, the distinctions were simply not there, to the extent where you would have seemed like a crazy person tryi

> It's pretty simple to think that so many years ago, the distinctions were simply not there, to the extent where you would have seemed like a crazy person trying to impose them. And yet all people wanted to do on that thread was talk about present differences. Far of "the other" has existed about as long as humans.