# Why is southeast Asia so advanced?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-southeast-asia-so-advanced/418601>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 9, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-southeast-asia-so-advanced/418601 "2007-09-09T20:24:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-southeast-asia-so-advanced/418601/261 "2007-10-02T19:27:39Z")

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[QUOTE=brazil84]  
If you can’t back up your claims, I will draw my own conclusions about your claims.  
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That’s fine, it’s your privilege. Meanwhile anyone who has bothered to read this far can draw their own conclusions.

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