[lit-ideas] Re: Helm's World
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 23:30:53 -0700 (PDT)
I would just like to point out that by historical
standards we live in an extremely peaceful world.
There are about half a dozen on-going armed conflicts
I can think of: Iraq, Afganistan, Sudan/Darfur, Kongo,
Czechnya, Nepal, Columbia(?). Two, Sudan and Nepal,
are showing signs of coming to an end while Sri Lankan
one seems to start again. This is due to so
combination of following: Trade, democracy, US
hegemony, UN. Or advances in diplomacy, increasing
wealth and the loss of relative economic importance of
raw materials to name a few less often mentioned. Or
maybe we are just getting better,
Cheers,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
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