You can dish it out but you can't take it.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 10/10/2004, 6:52 pm

I suppose it might work out. The government system would be the main area of controversey though.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/10/2004, 7:13 pm

I agree that it would work out, and in fact it would probably make for a huge powerhouse, but I don't think people would want it to happen. I know, that I wouldn't.

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 10/10/2004, 10:22 pm

it is inevitable. I can guarantee that sometime in the future, Europe will amalgamate into 1, most likely North America will too. Asia will probably form 2 or 3. China is likely to swallow up a few. Africa will definately head that way, all though theyre way too factional to be cohesively effective. South America will for 2 or 3 super countries. Australia will likely stay on its own, its too culturally different from anyone else in the region. Wont happen any time soon but it will happen. 300 or so years down the road maybe?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 10/10/2004, 10:27 pm

What about New Zealand?

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 10/10/2004, 11:25 pm

Boo-ya! she's got ya there!

I think both countries are better off seperated. Neither side would benefit from a large merger, and I would actually say that nations will get smaller before they get bigger. The trend over the past century has shown that most large/powerful nations have shrunk, while new countries have been formed (i.e. Soviet Union, and the British Commonwealth). There are seperatist movements in an amazing amount of countries around the world, and wars will always change boundaries and form new countries.

I AM ME · Post by **I AM ME** » 10/11/2004, 12:35 am

the world is no longer divided into countries but cities now. At least economically

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 10/11/2004, 9:01 am

I'd have to disagree. Regions, maybe. Cities still blur into one another, and often there is very little difference from one city to the next. If you'd like an example look at the Great Lakes lowlands corridor from Hamilton to Montreal (and probably past there) If there wasn't a sign in place you woulnd't know where one city started, and where another stopped. People of one city can spend in another and still be travelling on their home road.

The same argument can be made in rural sections of countries. Without a sign saying "Welcome to no-where's land - Population: 25" you probably wouldn't know you were going from one town to another.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 10/11/2004, 9:17 am

Tis true, where I live, if you don't know exactly where the bounary is, you wouldn't know you were moving from a town with a population of 400 to a town with a population of 700. You might miss the sign...but it's there.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 10/11/2004, 12:59 pm

In a couple of million years, all the countries are going to reconnect anway, and a super race of humans will be born and a massive war for the universe will take place. At that point none of this will matter because we will have intergalactic trading with our allied planets and war with our non allied planets. Countries won't even matter.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 10/11/2004, 1:27 pm

Sounds food-proof.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 10/11/2004, 2:17 pm

I assume you mean "fool-proof"

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 10/11/2004, 2:31 pm

No no no. Food-proof.

/bib

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 10/11/2004, 2:37 pm

Fool, food, same dif.

Post by **xjsb125** » 10/11/2004, 3:56 pm

I wonder how much of a financial undertaking that would create on the governments and industries in both countries. I imagine the US would have to change its weights and measurements to metric. So think of all the industries here that would have to change over, all the signs that would have to be changed, text books changed, maps, currency, etc. I imagine that would be a very time consuming task. Just making rough guesses, how long do you all think it would take to make those changes?

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 10/11/2004, 6:58 pm

nikki4982 wrote:What about New Zealand?

I thought I mentioned that. o_O I was definately thinking of it.

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 10/11/2004, 7:02 pm

xjsb125 wrote:I wonder how much of a financial undertaking that would create on the governments and industries in both countries. I imagine the US would have to change its weights and measurements to metric. So think of all the industries here that would have to change over, all the signs that would have to be changed, text books changed, maps, currency, etc. I imagine that would be a very time consuming task. Just making rough guesses, how long do you all think it would take to make those changes?

Imagine that

The US would finally have to do what the rest of the world has been doing for years and years and convert to metric instead of being stupid in using imperial. This is one of my pet hates about the US (it's minor and petty I know)

When that first Mars expedition crashed. There was a reason for it. All the international staff used metric for their measurements. The US people used imperial. Thus things were out and space probe went blotto.

CHANGE TO METRIC DAMMIT

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 10/11/2004, 7:50 pm

We like it.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 10/11/2004, 11:05 pm

Screw metric! I like my non-sensical measurments, gosh dern it!!

mosaik · Post by **mosaik** » 10/12/2004, 1:59 pm

i miss all the good threads.

goddamn canadian thanksgiving.

I have a point to make regarding Corey's original question about how the US "deserved" 9/11

first of all let me make it crystal clear that i consider all forms of murder to be murder, including flying a plane into a building or dropping a bomb on a country. no double standards here. so in no way do i feel that the people killed deserved it.

GWB is right on the money. It's because Arabs feel threatened by American lifestyle - and why shouldn't they? You are trying to assimilate or wipe them out.

Exampe: Israel. No matter whose side you're on you have to acknowledge that both sides vehemetly belive they are in the right. Arabs resent america for openly backing the Israeli's and being totally blind to the ATTROCITIES commited by the jews.

They're not intimidated by our women showing their faces, they're furious that American policy in the middle east is bent on converting their culture.

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 10/12/2004, 2:57 pm

Doug, believe it or not, I completely agree with you. However, the only part of their culture that we are looking to change are the terrorist attacks they perform on eachother. The attacks on Israel are rarely against its military but instead on civilian targets to strike fear in them. Just recently a hotel frequented by Jews was suicide bombed. The US isn't going over there and telling them to act like us. They are just trying to give everyone equal rights. This year was the FIRST year ever that a woman from Afghanistan competed in the Olympics. Elections recently took place where 41% of the registered voters were women. A huge accomplishment for the region. It is no longer illegal to listen to music. I hardly consider being violently ruled by Al Qaida a "cultural experience".