----- Original Message -----
From: "¿ ¿" <killah_beez_13@hotmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:21 AM
Subject: MD The Long Term Answer
> It looks like there will soon be an attack on Afghanistan. The latest on
> CNN is what type of jets and bombers they'll be sending. So the next
> quesion I have is what can be done in the future to avoid the same
> situation.
Well they have given their 'war plan' a name, apparently 'Operation Infinite
Justice'.
Don't read to much into hardware guides. They are produced along with other
'filler' to pad out news when 'real events' experience a drop in tempo.
> Derrick said: "terrorism is a global problem, just like global warming is
a
> global problem."
I keep seeing 'terrorism is a global problem'. The most significant lesson I
learned from last week was that there don't seem to be many problems that
don't have a global context. The power of the information age now means that
the threads of our societies have interconnected.
<SNIP>
There has to be a governing body above all nations.
> Instead of like the now, where you've got all the seperate nations coming
> together and making the UN, reverse it and have a world gov't that splits
up
> into all the different countries. Not only this, but everyones attitude
has
> to change from "my country first" to "the world first". It would be
similar
> to a country that splits itself up into states or provinces. Each
province
> deals with its own internal affairs, but it works under the eye of the
> federal government.
> I don't think this is somehting that could happen anytime soon, but maybe
in
> the next hundred years or so... We should take a look at Star Wars,
> everyones talking about planets as a whole, nobody mentions different
> nations within them. Maybe if the world came under attack by some alien
> planet we would band together to fight them off... okay, now I'm just
> rambling, sorry.
>
The end result of continued globalisation is the errosion of national
bounderies possibly leading to a one world government. I suspect that
nations will never dissapear. I hope we come to value our differences, our
national and cultural distinctions.
Ten years ago people were talking about America as the global policeman,
what the world needs is an independent and completely impartial arbiter who
will render judgements according to an enlighted form of intellectual
values.
Roll on that Alien invasion Killa, they might be our best hope yet ;-)
Mk
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