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Dear Doug,

> The navigation methods of the Polonesians, Inuits and others are
> just as interesting but receive no in depth discussion.

I would be happy to learn about them.
I suppose their navigation methods were not electronic:-),
so this seems to be well within the scope of this list.

> anything totally wrong with that as that is what the majority
> wishes.

I don't know what the majority wishes, and frankly speaking care
little about the "majority". On my opinion, if there are more than
two interested people and a subject is within the stated scope
of the list, it can be discussed. Besides we have a mediator to
whom we can always appeal if in doubt.
If I am not interested in a particular topic, I just don't read
those messages. And I suppose everyone does so.

Did anyone ever object discussing Innuit or Polynesian navigation?
(I don't remember such case).

> you picked up a copy of a western encyclopedia
> and there was no mention of
> Soviet endevores in this arena.

Yes. I find that general British-American sources in history
tend to ignore the events that happen in Russia and Soviet Union.
This sort of bias is "natural", of course. Russian historians were
always biased in the opposite direction. It's open
to discussion whose bias was larger, but this is for the off-list
discussion.

> Most of that kind of information was classified
> by the Soviet government and

Yes. The closed character of the Soviet society added to this.

Alex.

   

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