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   Omixochitl to mvillanu   
   Re: Global Politics Quiz   
   01 Nov 03 02:54:56   
   
   From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   mvillanu@hotmail.com (mvillanu) wrote in   
   news:dc4a405f.0310311828.172ef554@posting.google.com:   
      
   > u01mzb@abdn.ac.uk (FixinDixon) wrote in message   
   > news:<51f64020.0310310215.73958b5c@posting.google.com>...   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> FixinDixon   
   >   
   > The USA of course.  You don't become #1 by being nice.   
   >   
   > What did Germany do to become #1 50 years ago?   
   > What did the French do to become #1 150 years ago?   
   > What about the British before that?   
   > How about Spain before that?   
   > Italy?   
   > How about the Arabs?   
   > And the Mongols?   
   > And China?   
   >   
   > The list can go on and on for 3000 years, and probably even before   
   > that but we weren't writing things down yet.   
   >   
   > It's survival of the fittest.  Do what you can to secure your   
   > survival, even if it means colonizing and oppressing other people.   
   > Hell even if it means genocide.   
      
   Except that survival of the fittest has zilch to do with groups.  More like   
   every gene for itself.  ;)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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