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Loony Bin
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posted 11 August 2004 02:05 PM      Profile for Loony Bin   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
What do folks think of the idea of abolishing national borders and establishing a new order in which we're all members of one global nation with a collective government?

Let's not get bogged down right off the bat with reasons why it could never ever work, alright? Let's think instead about how it might look, how we could organize it, and what the benefits of such a system might be.

Any thoughts?


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CrazyMiranda
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posted 11 August 2004 02:13 PM      Profile for CrazyMiranda     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It's an ideal all right. a long gradual journey away

Hopefully that journey can be walked successfully.


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Loony Bin
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posted 11 August 2004 02:22 PM      Profile for Loony Bin   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
So, how do you imagine it working? Let's start with some one thing in particular, maybe:

Like, how do you think it would effect language, to have no borders? Would we all have to become multilingual?


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Mr. Magoo
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posted 11 August 2004 02:37 PM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'd say the two most viable options would be English or Esperanto. And since there are probably more Klingon speakers than Esperanto...
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Alix
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posted 11 August 2004 02:38 PM      Profile for Alix     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hey, I've tried to teach myself Esperanto on a number of occasions!

Unfortunately, I never stuck with it.


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Mr. Magoo
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posted 11 August 2004 02:42 PM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Perhaps there's an Esperanto immersion program, where you could live with a nice family from Esper and learn their language and customs. I hear that Esper cuisine is a lot like "fusion".

Back to the thread though: couldn't any world government be handled much like the UN is currently? IOW, armies of translators?


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Loony Bin
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posted 11 August 2004 03:01 PM      Profile for Loony Bin   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm all in favour of maintaining regional linguistic differences. Translators would be key, but so would language education, I think. If you wanted to be a fully functioning member of society, you'd have to have at least a couple languages under your belt, I'd think.

But wouldn't that be fun?


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