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Utopias

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Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:25 am

Utopias

Here is one for you brainiacs out there:

utopias are flawed due to one small component, people as they cannot agree on what constitues a utopia. they may all have the same general blanket idea of what constitutes one, but it is the details where they differ most.

example.

utopia 1: world peace, no more hunger/disease etc.
utopia 2: no one else is alive except for you.

anyone have any thoughts on this?

It is better to aim for the stars and hit the tops of the trees than to aim for nothing and hit it dead on.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:48 am

@ff

anyone have any thoughts on this?


No.

Sir S

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:52 am

@sS really, none at all? come on you must have one

It is better to aim for the stars and hit the tops of the trees than to aim for nothing and hit it dead on.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:53 am

from wat u said i have a pretty good idea on what a Utopia is... but is a Utopia exactly?

Muwahahahaha!!!
I lost it!!!.....or better yet; did I ever have it?

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:55 am

the basic idea behind a utopia is this: everyone lives in a perfect world, but everyone has there own ideas of what a perfect world is.

It is better to aim for the stars and hit the tops of the trees than to aim for nothing and hit it dead on.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:57 am

yeah
Osama Binladen's "perfect world" is when the United States is destroyed

Muwahahahaha!!!
I lost it!!!.....or better yet; did I ever have it?

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:03 am

politics wolfy, you know better than that...actually, no you dont

It is better to aim for the stars and hit the tops of the trees than to aim for nothing and hit it dead on.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:14 am

of course i dont know better!
you shuld know better!

Muwahahahaha!!!
I lost it!!!.....or better yet; did I ever have it?

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:20 am

yeah i should and i do but do you think thats gonna stop me?

It is better to aim for the stars and hit the tops of the trees than to aim for nothing and hit it dead on.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:23 am

Utopia. You mean like a Simworld except that there are no disasters?

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:25 am

here's mine.

President for Life Tawakalna runs a repressive Socialist police state called the People's Democratic Republic of North Staffordshire. All citizens are monitored by the Cyber Police Division of the State Security Kommissariat, supervised by the Revered Leader himself. There is no unemployment, and no homelessness. All citizen's are catered for and gainfully employed by People's Co-operatives, or in the People's Army, which defends our borders and spreads the Revolution to our neighbour's in Shropshire, West Midlands, Derbyshire, and Cheshire. Republican Guard units are in the vanguard of the popular struggle and encourage the proletariat to increase their efforts to safeguard the Revolution, under the benevolent guise of "Uncle Taw" All dissent is crushed immediately, and those who would undermine the achievements of the Revolution must face the People's Judiciary Councils and then the mercies of the Special Republican Guard. Prisoners of war are paraded down the triumphal "Festival Way" which is also the scene of the impressive military displays of the People's Army, in front of the stunning minimalist Presidential Palace (designed by the Leader himself,) filling the hearts of loyal citizens with pride as they spontaneously applause the Dear Leader Tawakalna for his wisdom and foresight. Vegetarianism is a crime, low-fat food is forbidden, meat pies are freely distributed, and all citizens must undergo elementary computer skills training, and learn to drive. Laptops are licensed. Escaflowne is shown on television every day, but edited so that Emperor Dornkirk wins. Women are forced to wear burkahs and must walk 5 paces behind men. The former Port Vale site is flattened and a huge statue of the Dear Leader as a young man shaking hands with Sir Stanley Matthews is built in it's place. Workers gather before their shifts to sing the Red Flag, the Internationale, and the theme tune from Fireball XL5.

now I ask you, how could anybody possibly object to any of that?

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:32 am

Sounds good, excpet for the whole repressing women thing. Oh, and which version of the internationale? Pre WWII soviet, post WWII soviet, or South African? --- VH16

The people know only what they want, the government only what they need.

Whoever came up with "Mission Commision" should be lined up and shot

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:34 am

everyone outside your 'kingdom' the people inside.... the mrs maybe, the cat...

It is better to aim for the stars and hit the tops of the trees than to aim for nothing and hit it dead on.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:39 am

Such questions will be forbidden in the New Order.

Post Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:40 am

in my perfect world, i will have a mrs, maybe a couple of kids and a decent job. simple, and yet so perfect


Edited by - freighter fighter on 24-12-2003 02:41:51

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