[OT] Something uninteresting that is only relevant for the USA

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Amedee Van Gasse
<amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> Op 24-12-10 07:45, Christopher Chan schreef:
>
>>>>>> Sorry, until there is a world government, you bet that you cannot just
>>>>>> sail from any point to just any point in the world.
>
>>>> I'd certainly have to answer if I get caught trying to sail out of Hong
>>>> Kong without informing the Marine/Immigration/Customs Department. So
>>>> unless Douglas is yapping about something else...we need a world
>>>> government to do away with a whole load of crap issues due to a divided
>>>> world.
>
>> What's wrong with a world government? Of course, not one that is like
>> any of the current ones.
>
> I'll give you a world government. Chung Kuo. :-p
>
> But don't worry. In 1990, the New York Times felt that David Wingrove's
> vision of a Chinese-dominated future was unlikely and 'ungrounded in
> historical process'.
> http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/04/books/in-a-bygone-world-of-the-future.html
> Yeah right...

Ha! Yes indeed.

I only read the 1st book - the writing does not match up to the size
of the idea, and there are a lot of them in the series - 10 books, I
think?

But it stuck in my mind nonetheless. It may yet be shown to be prescient.

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