RE: [FT] UNSC (emotional rant)

Matthew Smith wrote:

>Why is everyone so cynical all the time? Are we really in a world
where
>cynics are the only true realists? 

Yes

>Is it impossible to believe that
>somewhere, sometime in the future, a power may exist that is not
totally
>corrupted by bureaucracy and personal or political gain?

Not *totally* corrupted, maybe... but then again, most of the other
power blocks probably aren't *totally* corrupted either :-/

>I'm not saying the UN is or will be perfect, but if you read the
canon, the >UNSC was CREATED to be a benevolent force. It's the whole
point of >their existance, at least until the Kra'Vak show up - at
which point they >become something perhaps even better - the force that
is able to finally >unite humanity (although that may well be
attributed more the KVs >themselves).

Neither the UNSC nor the KV manage to unite the GZGverse humanity -
read the FB2 timeline continuation, 2193 entry. Together they manage to
thoroughly disrupt the other major human powers, but that's it :-/

Regards, 

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."