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Shiber
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Haifa, Israel
Jul 2002
time: 07:26
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I would rather we hire GoW than see this happen.
Last edited by Shiber on 28-02-2003 at 21:45
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nbarclay
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Huntsville, Alabama
Dec 1999
time: 23:26
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quote:
Originally posted by Theseus
BTW, I just noticed Uber's quote in your sig... hilarious. |
Personally, I find it offensive and also question its accuracy. Had the South been allowed to remain its own nation, it might indeed have stayed an "agricultural backwater" (at least in comparison to the North), but it's also very possible that being its own nation would have provided a greater incentive to industrialize than it had as part of the United States. And don't forget the massive economic damage caused in the South by both the war and the reconstruction.
Slavery would have continued longer, but when it ended, racists could not have made black people prime targets for anger and bitterness over having been conquered by the North. If you're against racism but also against being dictated to by outsiders, the question of what position to take when outsiders dictate that you must end racism gets a lot more complicated.
In any case, most of the repercussions of the War Between the States are gone now. And since my mother is from Pennsylvania and my father from Texas, on a strictly personal level, I suppose I should be glad the North won.  But in my opinion, there were no "good guys" in that war.
Nathan
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DeepO
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supporting Candle'Bre
Jan 2002
time: 06:26
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I'm actually kind of hoping that ND talks GoW into a war against RP. It seems RP got the best position, and ND the worst. If they are succesful in attacking, and keeping both other teams off balance long enough to be able to build up themselves, they have a chance at becoming biggest (certainly as it is quite obvious there are a lot of good strategists on ND's team). However, if they don't strike, or take on GoW instead, RP will most likely simply hold back, and grow even stronger. Or RP will use diplomatic power to fuel the war between the two nations for as long as it can...
It seems that, with no strange things happening, there are only 3 competitors for the win left: ND (early military power), RP (better land and relative isolation), and us (isolation, and good land). Legoland might catch up, and GoW could certainly use a perfectly timed GA+UU combination to get on top, but they won't as likely as ND or RP become a superpower.
DeepO
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DeepO
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supporting Candle'Bre
Jan 2002
time: 06:26
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Nathan, you're right in your analysis, however I don't know if it's going to go that way. It's not unlikely that GoW starts a war themselves, if it will find it pressed for ground too much. Sure, ND has the biggest military, and GoW will be scared of that, but they have to realize that if they don't do something fast, one of the two others is going to outgrow them.
RP didn't really liked the GoW tactics, and said so on many occasions, however I think it's partly a show, as Togas and GF(?) couldn't stop kissing the other's *ss in Togas' diplo thread in the IDG forum. If ND has one thing against it, it's their isolation, and not being the smooth talkers Togas et al. are. Being in a superiour military power doesn't exactly helps, and some of their rather arrogant public comments didn't do any good either (OTOH, both RP and GoW can surely be considered very self confident and aware too on the public fora)
DeepO
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