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while talking about mathematics, please include this as well. Islamic conquest of India bloodiest in the history http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/32812 http:

by snambi 14y ago

while talking about mathematics, please include this as well. Islamic conquest of India bloodiest in the history http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/32812 http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/32812 History may paint a different picture, but essentially its terrorism in its true form.

mcantelon 14y ago
Does Muslim violence negate arab achievement in mathematics? If so, does the US killing of native Americans negate US scientific achievement?
- snambi 14y ago
  btw, many of the arab mathematics "innovation" is simply copied from India. Since, Europe found those through arabs, they were named as "arab" innovation. If they were so advanced 1000s of years ago, how come there is no one coming out of it now?
  - mcantelon 14y ago
    Adopting your line of thinking: if India, as you claim, is the originator of all this knowledge why is it not the current global leader of science and tech?
    - anon2012_786 14y ago
      That is good question. While indians are excelling in science and tech, India itself is not a leader in science and tech. India was never industrialized, So, even if innovation occurs, it never becomes part of the industrial-government machinery. That is the reason, I believe, indians who are interested in innovation, leave india. India as a nation is very young. Even, the concept of india is very young. The only connecting fabric underlying india is its spiritually, beliefs and traditions ( Hindu/Vedic traditions ). Their lifestyle is very different from industrialized west or terror based middle east. India itself has two major kinds of people, city folks who are westernized and rural folks who are relatively non-westernized. depending on who you talk, you may get a different answer. Anyway, this is great question. You should visit india to find it by yourself. It will be a journey worth taken. :)
intended 14y ago
No it's not. Firstly you are talking about WAR. That's when armies of men, logistics and materiel are fired at each other. Terrorism is assymmetric psychological warfare. It's done by forces who are extremely and utterly outclassed in strength. You essentially are stretching the definition of terrorism so that you can use the hotter buzzword to demonize them and that period of Indian history.
- anon198263 14y ago
  when 100s of barbarians surround a village populated with unarmed, un-prepared people and kill them all, do you call them war? No, It is not war. And it is not "terrorism" as well. Its worse than that, may be "genocide" is a better word. Today, the rest of the world is caught up with these barbarians, so their only option is "terrorism".
  - mcantelon 14y ago
    The word is "massacre".

by snambi 14y ago

mcantelon 14y ago

Does Muslim violence negate arab achievement in mathematics? If so, does the US killing of native Americans negate US scientific achievement?

snambi 14y ago
btw, many of the arab mathematics "innovation" is simply copied from India. Since, Europe found those through arabs, they were named as "arab" innovation. If they were so advanced 1000s of years ago, how come there is no one coming out of it now?
- mcantelon 14y ago
  Adopting your line of thinking: if India, as you claim, is the originator of all this knowledge why is it not the current global leader of science and tech?
  - anon2012_786 14y ago
    That is good question. While indians are excelling in science and tech, India itself is not a leader in science and tech. India was never industrialized, So, even if innovation occurs, it never becomes part of the industrial-government machinery. That is the reason, I believe, indians who are interested in innovation, leave india. India as a nation is very young. Even, the concept of india is very young. The only connecting fabric underlying india is its spiritually, beliefs and traditions ( Hindu/Vedic traditions ). Their lifestyle is very different from industrialized west or terror based middle east. India itself has two major kinds of people, city folks who are westernized and rural folks who are relatively non-westernized. depending on who you talk, you may get a different answer. Anyway, this is great question. You should visit india to find it by yourself. It will be a journey worth taken. :)

intended 14y ago

No it's not. Firstly you are talking about WAR. That's when armies of men, logistics and materiel are fired at each other. Terrorism is assymmetric psychological warfare. It's done by forces who are extremely and utterly outclassed in strength. You essentially are stretching the definition of terrorism so that you can use the hotter buzzword to demonize them and that period of Indian history.

anon198263 14y ago
when 100s of barbarians surround a village populated with unarmed, un-prepared people and kill them all, do you call them war? No, It is not war. And it is not "terrorism" as well. Its worse than that, may be "genocide" is a better word. Today, the rest of the world is caught up with these barbarians, so their only option is "terrorism".
- mcantelon 14y ago
  The word is "massacre".