----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp
> 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.
>
>
Hey Ronn, I thought you weren't supposed to mix your metaphores!
<G>
xponent
rob
