Re: From: "Lee Corbin"
How did poor countries get into it? Why do I remind you of nazis?
and
> > From: Miriam English
> > Oh, of course, how silly of me! And here I thought it was to do with
> > colonisation and rape of lands, accidents of geography, desertification,
> > aftermath of wars, and so on that caused third world countries to be
> > underdeveloped.
Seems to me there is no one explanation to the dilemma of disparity. I got
some insights from Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel" ...
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?s
lug=jdl&date=19990704&query=sayulita
... It is interesting to speculate how so-called underdeveloped countries
will reap benefits from technology in the future. Will there ever be an
equalization of brains, beauty, brawn and beaucoup bucks?
Olga Bourlin
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