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  What a wonderful world!

   • j********o@***.com
     20/01/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     A though I've had recently is that the state of the world since the fall

     of the Soviet Union has been pretty rosy. Even the outlaw states have

     been well behaved (with a weak president, yet) which argues that the

     influence (more specifically, money) of the Soviets was responsible for

     most of the crap the world's endured since the end of WWII. Perhaps the

     Chinese will become the new trouble-makers; perhaps the rogues will

     become more agressive, but I tend to think that it's smooth sailing for

     the next few years. Also, imagine if that evil influence hadn't existed

     at all: what a wonderful world it might be.

     Gorno

       • g*****o@****.net
         20/01/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         j********o@***.com wrote:

         : A though I've had recently is that the state of the world since
         the fall

         : of the Soviet Union has been pretty rosy. Even the outlaw states
         have

         : been well behaved (with a weak president, yet) which argues that
         the

         : influence (more specifically, money) of the Soviets was
         responsible for

         : most of the crap the world's endured since the end of WWII.
         Perhaps the

         : Chinese will become the new trouble-makers; perhaps the rogues
         will

         : become more agressive, but I tend to think that it's smooth
         sailing for

         : the next few years. Also, imagine if that evil influence hadn't
         existed

         : at all: what a wonderful world it might be.

         I agree that the world has been ina rosy state since the downfall of
         the

         Soviet Empire. As for all these knee-jerk Africa states, who really

         cares? I can never remember a time when they weren't butchering each

         other. Since there has been nothing on the news as grand as the Old

         Soviet Guard, people are seeing more of these stupid petty civil
         wars.

         I find it hard to beleive that the Chinese will be as big as a
         threat

         like the Soviet Union. They have even larger problem with their
         growing

         population and trying to feed them. Their culture has been ripped
         apart

         and science [in general] has once again became second place to
         Psychic

         Healers and their lot. Their Health System is using and promoting
         Psychic

         Healing and Herbal medicines because the infrastructure of the
         Health

         System isn't big enough to take care of all those Chinese citizens.
         There

         is a two issue special about this at the Skeptical Inquirer Website
         about

         this topic.

         I wouldn't doubt if the government whipped up some super virus or
         fungus

         that was designed to wipe out rice producing plants. Instant
         starvation.

         Then again, this would be immoral and everybody knows that
         governments

         would never do ANYTHING immoral.

         --Glen

       • f*******e@n*****t.com
         20/01/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         j********o@***.com wrote:

         >A though I've had recently is that the state of the world since the
         fall

         >of the Soviet Union has been pretty rosy. Even the outlaw states
         have

         >been well behaved (with a weak president, yet) which argues that
         the

         >influence (more specifically, money) of the Soviets was responsible
         for

         >most of the crap the world's endured since the end of WWII. Perhaps
         the

         >Chinese will become the new trouble-makers; perhaps the rogues will

         >become more agressive, but I tend to think that it's smooth sailing
         for

         >the next few years. Also, imagine if that evil influence hadn't
         existed

         >at all: what a wonderful world it might be.

         I don't find this accurate. I could accept the Soviet Union being a
         major financial interloper, but

         the world hasn't been so rosy. Consider what has happened since the
         break-up: Persian Gulf War,

         Civil War in Rwanda and Burundi (nothing-states in the realms of
         international importance, but still

         a tragic by its own volition), worsening of Civil War in Somalia,
         Liberia. Wait, is the whole

         continent of Africa in civil war now? There's also the violent
         breakup of Yugoslavia as well as a

         heavy dose of violence in the Middle East.

         However, what I do find interestsing is how quiet Libya has been,
         relatively speaking, ever since

         Reagan bombed it. Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned.

         Jerry

       • s*******2@a****.****e.edu
         22/01/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         what a wonderful world