At 18:18 27-01-01 -0600, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 5:56 AM
>Subject: Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp
>
>
> > 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.
> >
>"Fourth World" was a series of comic books created by Jack Kirby in the 70s
>for DC comics. New Gods. Mr Miracle. Forever People. Supermans Pal Jimmy
>Olsen.
>
>Well.......its true!<G>
>
>xponent
>rob
And let's not forget about Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-3, Earth-prime, Earth-C,
Earth-C-minus, . . . oops, too complicated. Let's reboot. Twice, so far.
-- Ronn! :)
