From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 09:12:21 MDT
Lee Corbin:
> > http://www.amara.com/neverunderestimate.jpg\9
>
>Cute picture. Amazing if it's true
I'm sorry, but WHAT ...? Why 'amazing' ? This is quite normal
from my observations. Why is it difficult for you to believe that
the same gestures have different meanings to different cultures?
BTW, these gestures are true (I've verified). Another friend of
mine who is Hindu Indian told me of yet another meaning to the
same gesture, and Hubert tells of yet another meaning. (You
misunderstood what Hubert said)
Normal, not amazing at all. This is the world that we live in,
rich of differences and meanings of cultures.
>Oh, and one more thing: your subject line is quite in keeping
>with an Hayekian understanding of economics, which you probably
>intended. What is truly miraculous about the Soviet Union is
>not that it collapsed (although given the thirst for power so
>typical of people and institutions that's amazing too), but
> that it could have got so far and achieved so much without
>utilizing local knowledge.
I'm quite fond of Hayek's writings.
And I agree with what you said about the Soviet Union too.
BTW, here is a related book, regarding history, that I'm almost
finished reading and can recommend. It is about the Cold War
from the point of view of split and united Germany and Berlin.
The book has helped alot to fill in holes in my knowledge in
European and Soviet history from 1942 till 1989. It might
sound dry, but I find it fascinating, maybe because the author
does a good job at portraying the different personalities involved.
Plus he has about a thousand references to back up his story.
_From Yalta to Berlin_ by W.R. Smyser,
St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 1999.
Amara
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