Re: [FH] About the UN again (sorry Beast)

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From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [FH] About the UN again (sorry Beast)

> At 12:24 AM +1000 7/23/01, Derek Fulton wrote:
> >
> >and laying claim to them if need be :)
> >
> >"Yes professor Stevenson, that planet looks like just the right
> >place for a forward base to support further exploration of the area"
> >
> >"I agree, I'll make my recommendations to Survey Command
immediately."
>
> For the organization that is supposed to be uniting nations and
> arbitrating conflicts, empire building seems a fast track to mass
> human conflict and a way of making things easier for the Kra'Vak and
> Phalons to eliminate a competitor.
>

Not necessarily. The USA originally grew from a firm alliance of
colonies
for mutual defense and trade benefits. I can easily see the UN of the