Re: Career questions: databases
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:29:41 -0300
Message-ID: <4689b480$0$4318$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Bruce C. Baker wrote:
> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4689a98c$0$4336$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net...
>
>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>
>>>"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:46899de5$0$4325$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net...
>>>
>>>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>><snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>And two, Brits don't know nothing. If they did, then they wouldn't
>>>>>>>have lost
>>>>>>>their world empire, and wouldn't have needed us to bail them out in
>>>>>>>WWII.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Let's take that discussion further.
>>>>>>Wherever the white man goes, everything is left is ruins. Starting
>>>>>
>>>>>>from the colonial times and following to the present day, consider
>>>>>>reading the histories of the Indian subcontinent, South America,
>>>>>>Africa, the Middle East, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, with perhaps Iran
>>>>>>and Venezuela to follow. And let's not even talk about the Red
>>>>>>Indians.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry, old boy, but actually it's "Wherever the white man has
>>>>>/departed/, everything is in ruins." Seems that while the natives are
>>>>>capable of enjoying the fruits of civilization, they aren't quite
>>>>>capable of maintaining it. Pity, really.
>>>>>
>>>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>>Even that isn't necessarily true: see Japan.
>>>
>>>Quite right, Bob; I forgot Japan. BUT, can you name another non-European
>>>country that has adopted western ways so well?
>>
>>China now that Mao's stupidity is over.
> > They're on the right path economically; Politically, they haven't even > /found/ the path.,
We have plenty of examples to show us that western democracy is not required for making successful societies who can cooperate on a massive scale and for mutual benefit.
Tribal affiliation interferes with any sense of civic duty or national pride. Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 04:29:41 CEST