David Johnston wrote:
> On 11 Jun 2006 21:54:40 -0700, "TXZZ" <superoutland@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >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?
> >
> 
> Better for what?

civilization