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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no excuse for being this ignorant. It is unlikely that it stops at basic geography either.[/quote]

I mean, you can make whatever generalizations you want.  But as mentioned above, geography is not taught anymore in school and, until you have seen an ocean, [b]there's no real reason to keep it in the forefront of your memory.[/b]  That has nothing to do with other forms of knowledge, experience, life skills, or wisdom.  Or worth of a person.[/quote]

What???? THere a million reasons to keep it in the forefront of your memory. [/quote]

A million?  Name ten.  Hell, name one.[/quote]

You can't be serious.[b] The most basic knowledge of where you are in the world is paramount.[/b] How the products make it to your house is another reason. Weather and predicting natural disasters, global and personal security. I could go on and on. Are you really this dumb?[/quote]

Yes, I suppose I am really this dumb, because nothing you said answers the extremely basic question of WHY it is IMPORTANT for someone from, say, Kansas, to keep the oceans of the world in the forefront of their memory.

I don’t think you actually understand what some of us are saying/asking/implying.  Look at your bolded statement above and tell us WHY that is “paramount” (and explain what you even mean by that).  I suspect that you can’t.[/quote]

DP here, I agree 100% with the above but want to emphasize the point isn't "yay ignorance, let's never learn geography."  The point is, "I can understand why this was never relevant in someone's daily life and they had more important things to spend brain power on." 
If you actually cannot imagine that, you're quite sheltered and need to see more of the U.S.[/quote]

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