text_combined: harleyargotech robert harley see jared diamonds excellent guns germs steel story yeah know party line evidence extremely meagre new worlders two entire continents tens millions people plenty big enough reservoir infectious diseases thrive records show plagued long 1492 take ireland early 1800s assume population circa 8 million take ireland around 1900 assume population much 3 million ignore natural variations mortality natality omit emigration observe great famine middle deduce killed 5 million actually 1 transpose 16th century mexico grossly inflate estimates precontact population nobody damn clue anyway underestimate later population levels deduce 10s millions died lather rinse repeat r httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork mon 19 aug 2002 015642 0200 cest alqaedas fantasy ideology policy review 114