Of course, in some of those cases (again, the UAE) the golf courses (and indoor
ski slopes, and artificial islands, and super hotels) ARE seen as the
infrastructure for securing the country's future -- they're banking on tourism
being their next big thing. We'll see how well it works out for them...> Date:
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:41:47 -0600> To: [email protected]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [gundam] Life imitating fiction G00 edition> > At 09:47 AM
11/13/2007, Dr. Core wrote:> >Chris Campbell wrote:> > > Yes, of course.
Because it's better to let the global infrastructure> > > implode while we sit
by and do nothing than to tell a bunch of greedy> > > little tin pot dictators
to shove off, eh?> >> >So do you think if OPEC countries were democratic,
things would be different?> > Not at all. We shouldn't be utterly dependent
upon a non-renewable > resource, no matter who controls it. The only difference
here is that > if they were democratic and prosperous I'd feel sad telling them
to > stick it. But I'd still tell them to stick it, because making them > happy
isn't worth wrecking the world and our future.> > >The wise people led by
beautiful, kind-hearted and democratically> >elected Marina will ungreedily
choose to fix the global> >infrastructure, close the oil wells and return to
living their> >traditional ways of the deserts minus the luxury jets and golf>
>courses.> > Or they're forced to do that because we pick up our toys and go
home. > It's hard to feel sympathetic, since they had their chance to put >
that wealth to good use and blew it on luxury jets and golf courses > instead
of investing in the infrastructure that would secure their > country's future.
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