Re: NAC - American style [LONG]

>>if the original authors had been American the UK would 
>>have been absorb ed due to civil break ups.

Most Americans also grab Canada and sometimes Mexico along the way. :-)

To the point originally raised:  YUMV.	Your Universe May Vary.  I think
it's a fine example of future history (I confess I skim-read it as such
things aren't particularly interesting to me).	

But I like Jon's, too, since American Civil War does have a certain
historical precedent.  I don't think Jon meant it as an insult -- it's
just his British sense of humor talking.

I mean, it really is crazy to think that Americans would be stupid
enough to accept some sort of constitutional monarchy where the
Presidency was handed down from Father to Son -- oh, wait. . . 

;-)

nick

-----Original Message-----
From: Popeyesays@aol.com
Sent: Jan 6, 2005 3:13 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: NAC - American style [LONG]

In a message dated 1/6/2005 2:10:15 PM Central Standard Time, 
laserlight@quixnet.net writes:
Not particularly aimed at JohnB or Rrok or anyone else, but this topic
comes up fairly often, as does the American or Confederate planet which
declares independence.	List shorthand for this is YANBAC : Yet Another
NAC
Break Away Colony.
It seems to me that if the original authors had been American the UK
would 
have been absorb ed due to civil break ups. Same background (180 degree
skew). 
My own games would ignore the whole thing, but that's my yankee nature
showing 
through: "You can always tell a yank, but you can't tell him much."

Scott