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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (117116)	10/18/2003 3:53:35 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Jacob, they can't have affirmative action for Arabs or Moslems in Egypt, because that's all there are. There isn't a large Chinese population to bludge off. The successful economic model is the capitalist Chinese efforts in Singapore and Malaysia. As long as Egypt and other poverty places, such as India, continue with their desire to run their countries like they do, they'll stay poor. India is a democracy, so it's not as though they are being repressed. India voluntarily and democratically chooses Marxism and bureaucracy, despite half a century of no progress to speak of since the British left. Peeking over the fence, they must be starting to notice the progress in China. Very reluctantly, they are making a few modest changes. They have even allowed a limited form of CDMA into India. Demand is huge, despite the service being deliberately crippled to protect existing businesses. I'm not suggesting trying to force a cultural change. I'm merely pointing out that until they figure out that they are in a mess because of their own cultural beliefs, the poor Moslem countries will be going nowhere. One excellent thing they are doing, is having children. I think children are great and the more the merrier. But it would be much better if the children could aspire to much more than poverty and Jihad. The pathetic materialistic cultures are all SUV and no children. All hat and no cattle. I disagree that birth control is the solution [which many assert and China enthusiastically adopted]. The solution is freedom, human rights, property protection, free enterprise, capitalism, trade, law, and contract protection. Mqurice