| From: | Pete Sims <petesims@********.demon.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: (Fwd) Re: RE> RE: New project! |
| Date: | Mon, 30 Sep 1996 01:50:03 +0100 |
<dbuehrer@****.org> writes
[snip Asia/Japan ideas]
>|> The rest of the
>|> countries in the area would probably have either followed China's example,
>|> or fought wars with each other to radically alter the map of the
>|> continent, IMHO.
>|
>|What about INDIA? India is the classic place that could become a
>|MAJOR power with the awakening! It's got the people, it has got the
>|territory, a (now) stable government, a (minor) development in
>|economics, and of course it's got the magical background!!!
>
>VITAS. It was devestating for high density population areas with poor
>sanitary conditions. Combine India's population density, their lack of
>sanitary sewage handling, and a couple monsoons and... Not much left
>of India after that.
I'd have to disagree, India has a centuries long history of survival,
they threw the British out, survivied monsoons and unsanitary conditions
for centuries, they are in the process of fighting a resurgence of
Leprosy (I think) at the moment. So, VITAS/UGE, etc would certainly
take it's toll of the country, but as for finishing it off, nope, can't
swallow that. India has a population larger than Europe and America put
together. That's a *lot* of people.
<cloak on>
Pete
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Pete Sims
