> In a message dated 98-07-04 23:07:34 EDT, Richard S. writes:
<< > Noah writes
> (Agreeing with Richard's sentiments) I don't think that by 2183 (150
Hmm, I beg to differ. An atlantic does a lot to keep national identity
seperate, especially when even within the UK each city and region has distinct
and closely held identities. Also, it makes it way more interesting to keep
them for gaming purposes. >>
As a counterpoint, wouldn't the Atlantic become much less of a barrier,
compared to interplanetary travel, let alone interstellar? And I agree that it
is more interesting to keep them for gaming purposes ('There will always be a
Second Armored Cavalry. If I am wrong, may God stike me down.'). It may be
more like the USA, with distinct regional cultures, and an over-arching
government. I also have to keep reminding myself that it's a
constitutional/parliamentarian monarchy, not a republic with strong
democratic traditions. As far as the USA goes, at least where I am, the
distinction between
smaller cities in the same area is not great - small towns even less.
There tends to be a 'regional' identity, with some differing spots sticking
out. This is not accurate across the entire country, mind you. Large
concentrations of people tend to have their own identities, often quite
different from the surrounding areas.
But the problem of the 'North' (USA/UK/Canada) vs. 'South' (Central
&
South America) sticks in my head. It wasn't addressed much by the official
history, and I doubt that the NAC could quietly absorb that distinct of a
culture. Any thoughts?
Noah
> In a message dated 98-07-05 19:34:23 EDT, Richard S. writes:
<< Well, I made the point that even neighbouring cities in the UK, which
have a very short travel time between them keep very specific identities, so
why would that change, QED, why would American and Brit identities merge. >>
Your point was well proven to me today, standing in line at the grocery
(oh,
joy!). A person (I will not be snide and comment on ancestry, gender or neural
activity level) was deriding their child's choice of a date, seeing as how the
date was from the 'Southside'. Of the same city. Sheesh, I can be naive,
somedays. We seem to treat every distance as if it were an interplanetary
gulf. Oh, well. More speculation necessary.
Noah
> On 4 Jul 98 at 23:31, Sabmason@aol.com wrote:
> As a counterpoint, wouldn't the Atlantic become much less of a
Well, I made the point that even neighbouring cities in the UK, which have a
very short travel time between them keep very specific identities, so why
would that change, QED, why would American and Brit identities merge.
Dunno about your North/South America point, out of my realm of
semi informed speculation;)
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I know someone made a comment about religion being more important, perhaps as
a bone of contention. Dunno, don't give it much thought myself, but I remember
being shocked to find out that here, in a small town in central USA, Lutheran
was the dominant form of Christianity, but that the lines were further so
drawn, that it 'wasn't the thing to do to date out of one's synod', a
subdivision of the sect.
Anyway, I figure that it would be the norm that older, established units would
try to maintain their flavor, but that newer units would be more amorphous.
Hmm, on the other hand, the fluff I was trying to put together about Captain
Dame Megan Evans certainly would suggest that the NAC was not one big happy
egalitarian bunch...
Don't worry, no other other hand this time. ;->=
Oh, and the earlier comment about EFSB not being GZG should have had the
emoticon, but as I had already used in the note, I was holding back. Sometimes
it seems like every other sentence needs to be marked as
tongue-firmly-in-cheek.
The_Beast