Re: Bittersweet article about Latgalia

In article <dnc625$cc3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "J. Anderson"
<andersons6@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Vladimir Makarenko" <makarv02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:QPidnX9nNv_AGQTenZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > vello wrote:
> >
> > cut
> >
> > it means 4,3% population loss in 18 months - sounds more like
> >> nuclear war then mushroom picking. At last much higher then losses in
> >> ww2 for any country participating.
> >
> > cut.
> >
> > Germany, Poland, USSR. I think Yugoslavia also lost >10%. Maybe others.
> >
> > Participating countries on European theater had total about 450 mln. The
> > total loss was between 50 to 60 mln.
>
> But Vello wrote _'in 18 months'_. World War Two in Europe lasted 68 months!
> That's almost four times longer. Four times 4.3% = 17.2%.

Unlike the victims of a war, the mushroom pickers eventually return,
unless they happen to snack on a really poisonous mushroom :-( Even if
they pay their taxes to Ireland, some of that money eventually helps
Latvia in the form of Irish EU contributions. That's what interdependency
is all about.

Regards,
Eugene Holman
.

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