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I picked up a volume of my Peoples of the World (1925-30ish) and read part of the Tibet feature. You might say that 100 year old news might as well be forgotten; things have moved on. But perhaps everyone in that book hasn't been racing into this century at the same speed as ourselves. Perhaps we should realise that we are not so 100% perfect and that other peoples with different cultures and standards are not 100% wrong. The book is now back in its place. There are over 5000 pages altogether, plenty about China, Russia, USA, England... Too many for recording on a dull afternoon. The Afghanistan section is manageable but I guess no-one would want to read about our old mistakes. P.S. The volumes have photos and pictures too: invariably of happy faces looking into the camera lens. Happy faces of All the Peoples of the World, long, long ago.