On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at 07:03 PM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>
>> is there any reason why it
>> *should* be as >bad as when the first world was developing, whether
>> it is
>> or isn't?
>
> No. It doesn't have to be as bad as when the first world was
> developing.
> There is, however, a POV which is dismissive of the development in the
> "Third
> World" and is inherently incapable accepting that such a development
> has
> taken place.
>
that honestly didn't even occur to me, which is why i didn't understand.
j