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To: af_vet_1981
Does it belong to the Third World ?

Being a prosperous Dutch island, I'd say no. But the whole term was "third world armpit". Even if you can make the case the Carribbean is Third World, I don't think you could ever make the case Aruba is an "armpit".

261 posted on 06/06/2005 1:22:13 PM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: TomB
Being a prosperous Dutch island, I'd say no. But the whole term was "third world armpit". Even if you can make the case the Carribbean is Third World, I don't think you could ever make the case Aruba is an "armpit".

If you classify it as Dutch I suppose that takes it down another notch.

262 posted on 06/06/2005 1:33:36 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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