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Subject:	Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
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Date:	Tue, 1 Feb 2000 19:28:08 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote: > As for the "value" of the total contribution...see far above. It was numbers that > made the difference, not some superior heart, courage, or spirit within any > nationality. In addition to an industrial base which was not in danger of being bombed, and on top of that a growing momentum of industrialization. I would throw in though that I believe our freer system of government almost certainly amplified the contribution. -- Frank Filz ----------------------------- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com

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		Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
(...) You will find that there are many forms of democracy around the world, and many would argue that they are freer then in the American system. Despite what a lot of Americans believe theirs was not the first democracy, and not the model of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
(...) There's not a lot of things that will get my "patriotic dander" up--but apparently the same thing gets Chris's up too. I'm a professional historian of modern Britain, western Europe, and modern Africa (it's a long and convoluted story (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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