David Johnston wrote:
> On 6 Jun 2006 16:10:00 -0700, "TXZZ" <superoutland@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >Would that mean edo period japan would be far in advance of the west?
>
> No.  In order to accomplish that, Japan would have had to have
> maintain contact with the rest of the world so that they could profit
> from the work of scientists and engineers in other countries.  Even if
> peace is a good thing, isolation is a very bad thing.

so being murderous and gregarious is better than peaceful and lonely?

Man, I had it all wrong!