I mean if "third world" is simply a label for some negative qualities of societies, why not simply speak about negative qualities of societies ? O.K. --- Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --- Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > OK: Most countries that are identified > > as "third world" will have lower levels of > personal > > violence than the US, I think. > > > > It's wrong to speak of Brasil as third-world, as > it > > will > > soon surpass the US in food production and is the > > economic > > center of Latin America. Nevertheless it does have > > some > > third-world qualities, and the violence there is > > terrible. > > *So if Brazil is developing economically that means > that it is no longer a third world country, but if > it > has high levels of violence that is "a third world > quality." Strange. > > O.K. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html