Re: CHAT: Nov 11th
| From: | Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Wednesday, November 17, 1999, 21:10 |
|---|
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, alypius wrote:
> presence of different first languages. If history shows us anything, it is
> that multi-linguistic or multi-cultural states are inherently fragile--eg,
> Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia. On
Yeah, Rome only lasted 400 years as an empire until the West fell off.
Then it only lasted a mere 1,000 years after that.
> I believe the reason for Helvetia's (Switzerland's) policy of neutrality has
> been to prevent itself from being torn apart by civil war in the event of
Actually, the policy got adopted after they got their hats handed to them
but good by the Spanish.