Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 09:56 26-01-01 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> >
> > Whatever the proper term is, though, is there anywhere a list
> > of which countries fall into each category?  I don't think
> > I've ever heard of any specific nation being listed in the
> > middle category ("second world" or "nations in transition"
> > or whatever).
> >
>Of course you haven't, because these countries aren't rich
>enough or troublesome enough to hit the news. What's fun
>about countries that have had democratic elections for at
>least a decade, whose economy is stable except for short
>periods of crisis where prices go up by some 50% or so,
>whose corrupt politicians are tolerated, but occasionaly
>one or two are hunted and put in jail, and where natural
>disasters kill tens of people?
>
>BTW, the "Second World" term used to refer to the Communist
>countries, and "Third World" would be the rest of it. Then,
>"Third World" was split, to create a "Fouth World". With
>the Fall of Communism, it was necessary to recreate those
>cathegories.
>


Yes, that's how I remembered it, which is why I wondered if there was a 
list anywhere showing the new classification . . .


-- Ronn!  :)