At 07:06 PM 1/26/01 +1300, Autarch wrote:
>Who decides such things?
I dunno..... presumably the liberals are usually decided such things. My
knowledge of it comes from my experience with the United Nations. The UN,
being a body of equals, never uses the 1st-2nd-3rd World technology.
>Should it be exploiting world, nations in transition, and exploited world?
Except that woudl suggest that the exploiting world is exploiting the
expoited world - when in fact, generally it is the petty thieves running
countrie solely for their own benefit (cf Mobutu Sese Soko, Robert Mugabe,
Taylor of Liberia, etc.) that is responsible for the exploitation.
>Your politically correct distinctions convey the message that one day all
>worlds will be developed implying some sort of equality or progress whereas
>the concept of first world, third world relates simply to wealth.
Well, it is the developing world countries that insist upon it - not me.
By
>re-describing the first world as developed and the third as developing
>simply on the basis of material possessions conveniently ignores such
>anomalies as Cuba having a higher literacy rate and more doctors per head of
>popln than us and that the US is one of only six countries to have executed
>juvenile offenders.
Assuming you believe such things, you are more than welcome to move to Cuba.
>It also implies a progression from third to first hiding the possibility
>that nations in transition such as Iraq might be sliding down the scale with
>our help, nay, insistence.
Yup...... its all our fault. Some guy named Saddam Hussein has nothing to
do with it. He just shuts off the oil taps and stops buying food and
medicine whenever he needs to make a point.
JDG
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