I'm quick to upbraid off topic posts?

No, I don't think so. I make a comment when the off - topic thread runs on and on. Seems you do not have the same patience.

alistair

On 2012-02-09, at 7:04 AM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:

> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: 
>> Well, ask an inhabitant of either Turkey, South Africa, or Greece (Crete) if they consider themselves in a first or third world country.
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>> "The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO (which along with its allies represented the First World), or communism and the Soviet Union (which along with its allies represented the Second World). This definition provided a way of broadly categorizing the nations of the earth into three groups based on social, political, and economic divisions."
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> Alistair, notice how easily one slips from vanagon related commentary to completely off topic, just by following a thread?  I'm not complaining or policing.  I'm just mentioning, and perhaps suggesting that when others do so, you might not be so quick to upbraid them.  mcneely
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