Re: [Pen-l] Diamond's Question [was: complexity of society

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

In the current thread, I never said anything about deferring to anyone
with greater knowledge of India, though I would do that. (I was
talking about PNG.)  And I don't get what you're saying about
"reflexivity." What does that mean in prose?

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 8:15 PM, ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On May 16, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
>>
>> One big problem with the British in India (and Ulster and Palestine…)
>> was that they _created_ a lot of those divisions (or reinforced and
>> deepened the existing divisions) and then used them to justify their
>> rule. I don’t know if they created divisions within PNG as much as in
>> India. After all, the country was split between a lot of ethnic groups
>> in relatively isolated small territories before the Brits and other
>> Europeans invaded.
>
>
>
> Say what? Where's Ian with his reflexivity alert? ;-)
>
> (okay, I admit I snipped out the part where JD says he defers to those with
> greater knowledge of India or words to that effect).
>
>        --ravi
>
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way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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