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Critique of last two critiques at 2 and 3 stars respectively I am currently reading Guns, Germs, and Steel and having considered not buying it due to two reviews prior to mine, I bought it because in reading more reviews below them, I found that it seemed some bias on the part of the two reviews was at work. While refuting another review is really not my object, I can say this, if you read the book, you will find that to every point these two reviews make, the ideas the reviewers made were taken out of context; the personal experiences Diamond mentions are put in a framework much larger than is mentioned, and germs, guns, and steel are brought up as signposts, as take off points from which interesting discussions are brought up in analyzing the strengths in cultures which may or may not come to dominate others. I believe Diamond makes his points successfully, and further that this book is on par or higher with Robin Lane Fox's Pagans and Christians. Then again, the only way to be convinced is to open a book to any page and consider the merit of what that page says. --Matthew Hahn http://www.movingtracks.com