Posted on 04/25/2009 9:03:11 AM PDT by Kartographer
Mexico City cancels all public events to fight flu
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Well, you make a point — in the western US we have things called Ghost Towns where a gold or silver mine once produced a thriving town, but then the mine ran out. That’s in the dry desert where the things preserve better. I have traveled in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and seen abandoned villages there — but little is left of them.
On another point the Goths were a peaceful society forced into war by the pressures of the Mongols and Huns.
What would the Taliban compare to? I can’t say. I draw a blank.
In the ancient past, pressure from famine, invading hordes (many someones outside of the society) force moves, changes and choas. Today - could it be ideology?
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