Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, Dr., and mon ami, I like very much your sentence, even I've keep it.... "...political stability in any country is the ruin of some great cultures of the past..." Cheers Lluis El 11/10/2010, a las 5:47, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > Marty Deveney offered: > Subject: Re: [Leica] : Cell Phone Parts at the Gate - Kabul NOW > MAJOR QUESTION? > > >> Hi Ted, >> >> It's also worth remembering that in parts of the USA the scenery >> looks >> like the third world and living standards are very poor, having >> decreased markedly even over the last 10 years, and that Afghanistan >> had sophisticated urban cultures in 3000 BC. >> >> As Diamond points out in Guns, Germs and Steel, political stability >> is >> the most significant determinant of standard of living and quality of >> life.<< > > Hi Marty > And yes some locations here in Canada we have similar situations. > And political stability in any country is the ruin of some great > cultures of the past no question. > > If one should be so bold to ask... "What becomes of Afghanistan when > NATO and other troops leave for them to survive on their own? Sorry > maybe this isn't the place to get into this kind of discussion, so > let's not get into to it. Thankyou. > > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information