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To: Dayuhan who wrote (56828)	10/3/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

no Communist revolution has ever prevailed against a democratic government. (Invasion, as in Eastern Europe, excepted.) Communists win only when wholly inept reactionaries try to freeze change by force. Do you think that Kerensky's government was a "democratic government." Pipes says it was overthrown by the Army (under Kornilov -- a reactionary if there ever was one) and the Bolsheviks who dispersed the Constituent Assembly (about 25% Bolshevik max). There are instances where democratic or popular governments were overthrown by communists -- Chechoslovakia 1948 being perhaps the worst.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (56828)	10/3/1999 11:45:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

You're confused again, Steven. You remember Haileybury College, don't you, where for 50 years the East India Company trained some of its young administrators.? The institution of administrative colleges for the ICS was an important innovation, and after about 1927 it recruited locals for the ICS. True, Oxbridge didn't bother, but they never trained anyone in anything useful, but they didn't have Malthus on their faculty either. The role of Britons in discovering and learning Indian lore and opening it to the world was profound. Sanskrit and religious texts were opened to the world. The discovery of our common linguistic heritage in Europe and India were a direct result. McCawley's proposals for Indian education and administration were important. The British built universities in competition with local religious-based colleges, and many of the people chose the British model. The British abolished (as best they could) suttee. You fail to recognize that many different people with different motivations were engaged in the Indian enterprise. Do you really think that Gandhi would have had his impact without his British legal education? To understand the opium trade you need to understand "free enterprise." Coca-Cola, the world's most famous brand, started with cocaine. Atlanta's a prosperous town. I wonder if it would have made it without this start-up. Bengal was once very prosperous in part because of the opium trade. Today we call much of it Bangladesh.