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It's a relevant and significant question. The west's views on romance are not the norm. For example, the Greeks considered the best relationships to be between men, since men were thought to be the most rational. This is similar in Islamic cultures too.

While I don't have a specific cite I can show you to back up the claims about the Greeks, it is pretty evident if you've read Plato and Aristotle. As for Muslims, this is pretty clear if you just look at how they treat women.

Frankly, I'm disappointed that there is so much knee jerk voting going on here. On the other hand, it is interesting that xLnt has really hit a nerve.



It's an L. XLNT. Abbreviation of excellent.

I don't mind the voting. It's useful information to find out that I hit a nerve.


Yes, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be disappointed with the voting.


You expected more of YC? :)


Yeah, otherwise it isn't worth coming here. I can go anywhere else online and find people who'll just spout their preferences instead of respond rationally.

I made a submission out of this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=149248


You're paying too much attention to the voting. It just sorts the comments on the page and changes an arbitrary number next to your name.


You're paying too much attention to the posting. It just creates things to be sorted and changes arbitrary ascii characters next to my name.


In my opinion YC is well above average, but its expertise doesn't apply to all issues.




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