There is (and was) the 'Old World' Europe, including Russia (!) and the 'New World' America to which so many people emigrated in the last three centuries. To this nomenclature the term '3rd world' was added as we know it now. 'Old/New world' is far older than the iron curtain...
Sven -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 24. November 2003 09:51 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: The morality of taking a photograph Anders, I think the original ranking was 1st world = western world capitalist democracies 2nd world = communist countries ("iron curtain") 3rd world = the rest What puzzles me is that the "1st" and "3rd" terms prevail after the iron curtain lifted. cheers, Jostein Quoting Anders Hultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 18.59 +0000 03-11-21, Cotty wrote: > >a great problem in today's first world societies. > > At 21.38 -0500 03-11-23, frank theriault wrote: > >or Life in the First World > > Now two persons have said this... > but isn't the US considered the second world? > > anders > ------------------------- > http://anders.hultman.nu/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
