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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (7172)	6/8/2000 10:18:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

You consider that some Mexican people consider their "right" (by feeling, if that is how I understood it), to simply return to a land that was formerly owned by their country. I do not doubt that this feeling is real, only that it can be termed a right. Regardless of what it's called, I find it disconcerting. Isn't this the path that leads to such wonderful conditions as you find in places like the Middle East and Yugoslavia? Karen

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (7172)	6/9/2000 1:02:00 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

Oh of course, that pbs site ... yes it is quite objective - pbs.org ... and thorough .. gives the background of the whole anglosaxon push to conquer the continent ... Gonz lez Quiroga - pbs.org In re population of M‚x - according to this sixth grade textbook - 1821 - something less than 7 millions, of whom the majority were in or near the Valle de M‚xico [and of the whole the majority were indians, the majority of the remainder mestizos] .. the population had been reduced by almost one tenth during the eleven years struggle against the spanish. 1900 - 13.5 millions 1910 - 15.2 millions 1921 - 14 millions [losses to the revolution and to influenza] 1960 - 35 millions time of printing [ca 1990] - 90 millons This sentence begins the page 'Poblaci¢n' - Por mucho tiempo los gobiernos de M‚xico se preocuparon porque el pa¡s no estaba suficientement poblado. ['governments worried that the country was not sufficiently populated' - this was a very strong concern, which lasted longer than the problem] In 1930, 17% live in centres with population over 15.000. In 1960, 36%. In 1990, 57%. [this imho is as scarey as the totals, the way people are concentrated without space ... and what if a sizable fraction discovered the joys of country life - there would be no more country ... somebody just mentioned the varying perceptions of space needed to live, well personally i think in the dozens of hectares - per capita]