RE: Cola Wars Re: [FH] americas

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Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	Tim Gray 
Sent:	Friday, May 31, 2002 6:38 AM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Cola Wars  Re: [FH] americas

Yes!  The whole thing can foment on the Cola Wars... more specifically,
if a virus or bacteria were to get into our soft-drink factories and
such that broke down caffeine... 

Coffee, colas, even our precious Mountain Dews and Jolt! colas would be
caffeine free!	

The entire nation would go into turmoil as the average citizen wouldn't
be able to function at work without his/her coffee and our youth would
go into withdrawals without their Mountain Dew!

First thing to fall apart would be the parts of the internet that are
supported by American-based IT personnel.

It would be horrible and frightening... oh the humanity!

On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 23:32, Edward Lipsett wrote:
> If Coca-Cola went bankrupt, the society would be in chaos within days.
> 
> on 02.5.31 0:21 PM, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au at Beth.Fulton@csiro.au
scribbleth:
> > 
> > This brings something to mind you may be able to help me with. A
theatre
> > that I thought may be interesting to play out in the early GZGverse
is the
> > americas - as the upheavals there go about. I know many people do
not
> > consider this aspect of the GZGverse plausible, but this could be a
way of
> > seeing how it could happen (i.e. play it out...). With this in mind,
what
> > extra circumstances do I need to put into the background to increase
the
> > plausibility? Should I have an oil crisis, civil strife, natural
resource
> > problems or a series of destabilising attacks (from rogue bodies or
> > something)? My knowledge of social issues that can set the scene
aren't
> > grand and I'd appreciate any help you could give me. I had been
toying with
> > an oceania campaign, but apart from clashes with the IC I didn't
think it'd
> > be as interesting in a "what-if" sense.
> 
> --
> "What is the use of a book," though Alice, "without pictures or
> conversations?"    
> - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
> -- 
> Edward Lipsett
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> 
> 
-- 
Tim Gray
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