From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Jun 28 2000 - 19:52:23 MDT
At 04:24 PM 28/06/00 GMT, Zeb wrote:
>>Yeah, yeah. Stalinism isn't anyone's model of a good society.
>
>I doubt that Bonnie's friend was there while Stalin was in power.
<sigh>
You think history evaporates overnight?
>Make a list of the 5 technical innovations which you feel most vastly
>improve your life.
>Now next to each one, write where they were invented.
Controlled use of combustion - Africa
Controlled use of non-human animals - Africa?
Controlled use of crops - Africa?
Controlled use of water supply - northern Africa? New Guinea?
Antibiotics - Britain/Australia
Your point?
Damien
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