Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, The one that did not work is called "the Chinese Wall" in financial terms (-: Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > Spencer wrote: > "Walls never work. The Great Wall didn't work. The Maginot Line didn't > either. We are dealing with a global clash of cultures and religions. My > opinions only of course. :)" > > Actually some walls work very well. The Great Wall worked to keep Mongols > out of China for several hundred years. Hadrian's wall kept what is now > England from speaking Norwegian or Celtic. The Israeli wall is given credit > for significantly reducing raids on Israel. The Maginot Line would have > worked if the guns could have been pointed towards Belgium. The only wall > that didn't work in recent years is Wall Street. ;-) > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >