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gunnut · 01-16-2008, 00:35 AM

It will take something extraordinary, like an alien invasion as Expat Canuck said, to bring all the people together. Right now there are just too many divisions among people. I can give you some examples.

The former Yugoslavia split up to become 4 or 5 smaller nations. The former Soviet Union split up to become a dozen nations. The British Empire dissolved and is now 3 dozen or so nations.

The divisions between people, even those who look alike, is only getting deeper and deeper.

To us, all the people in Spain look alike and talk alike. But there's a faction there who wants to be independent.

You figure the division between people should be smaller over the last 2 centuries. But in fact it's getting worse.

01-16-2008, 00:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 10,271 Country:	It will take something extraordinary, like an alien invasion as Expat Canuck said, to bring all the people together. Right now there are just too many divisions among people. I can give you some examples. The former Yugoslavia split up to become 4 or 5 smaller nations. The former Soviet Union split up to become a dozen nations. The British Empire dissolved and is now 3 dozen or so nations. The divisions between people, even those who look alike, is only getting deeper and deeper. To us, all the people in Spain look alike and talk alike. But there's a faction there who wants to be independent. You figure the division between people should be smaller over the last 2 centuries. But in fact it's getting worse. __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.