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- From: Owen.Lewis@purplet.demon.co.uk (Owen Lewis)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!purplet!Owen.Lewis
- Subject: Re: DES (Was: Re: 800MHz
- Organization: FidoNet node 2:252/305 - The Purple Tentacle, Reading
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:24:00 +0000
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- CB> In article <1444.204.uupcb@ssr.com> jani.patokallio%acc1bbs@ssr.com
- CB> (Jani Patokallio) writes:
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- CB> Gripe #1:
- CB> The US is not part of the "first world".
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- CB> The ordering is:
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- CB> "Old World" i.e. - Europe
- CB> "New World" i.e. - the Americas, and generally NORTH America
- CB> "Third World" which refers to "the rest", generally dealing with
- CB> poorer/newer countries in some combination of Africa, Asia, and
- CB> sometimes South America.
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- CB> North America is most certainly NOT in the "first world".
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- Your political geographic education has been different to mine.
- 1st world = 'Free' and developed nations, mainly of N.America and
- Western Europe .
- 2nd world = 'Communist Bloc' countries.
- 3rd world = 'Non=aligned' (and mainly developing) nations.
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- However, since the recent disappearance of the communist bloc, your
- categorization may be more current.
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- For the rest of your post, I think Steve Bellovin and Chris Browne have
- disposed of the matter sufficiently.
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- Owen Lewis
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