Comments on: Tell Me Something I DON’T Know http://informedspeculation.com/2006/12/19/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andy http://informedspeculation.com/2006/12/19/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-169017 Andy Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:48:26 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/12/19/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/#comment-169017 The pessimist in me says the longer we wait to federate all the former colonies, the worse it gets in the end. The optimist in me says if the locals can be persuaded to think on the bigger national picture, federation becomes superfluous. Barring that capability within the peoples, then federate/secede away. Heck when the mother of all colonizers is in the process of breaking up its grand union (GB), what hope is there for a mere colonial project? Ah but to go back in time and undo the colonial arbitrary boundaries that gave short shrift to race, tribe and even geographical features. Nigeria and other countries wouldn't be in the mess they're now in. That's not to say it'd be infinitely better, to wit India v Pakistan, but still preferable in that they'd only have themselves to blame if they take advantage of modern technology only to perpetuate corruption and inbred tribal distrust instead of pursuing economic development, ie Kurdistan. Oh well, what do I know :) The pessimist in me says the longer we wait to federate all the former colonies, the worse it gets in the end. The optimist in me says if the locals can be persuaded to think on the bigger national picture, federation becomes superfluous. Barring that capability within the peoples, then federate/secede away.

Heck when the mother of all colonizers is in the process of breaking up its grand union (GB), what hope is there for a mere colonial project? Ah but to go back in time and undo the colonial arbitrary boundaries that gave short shrift to race, tribe and even geographical features. Nigeria and other countries wouldn’t be in the mess they’re now in.

That’s not to say it’d be infinitely better, to wit India v Pakistan, but still preferable in that they’d only have themselves to blame if they take advantage of modern technology only to perpetuate corruption and inbred tribal distrust instead of pursuing economic development, ie Kurdistan.

Oh well, what do I know :)

]]> By: Andy Vance http://informedspeculation.com/2006/12/19/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-168295 Andy Vance Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:07:35 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/12/19/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/#comment-168295 Persuade. Change. <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6998/196/1600/wapo-iraq-resistance.gif" rel="nofollow">Influence</a>. Lather. Rinse. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinion/ssi/images/Toles/c_12192006_520.gif" rel="nofollow">Repeat</a>. Persuade. Change. Influence.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

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