tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post746767965586734353..comments2024-03-28T00:36:19.403-07:00Comments on Rocketpunk Manifesto: History: Past, Future, and Fake IVRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-38366521762592499942007-05-04T19:09:00.000-07:002007-05-04T19:09:00.000-07:00There is a certain logic to it ...There is a certain logic to it ...Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-71151426947645618692007-05-04T15:36:00.000-07:002007-05-04T15:36:00.000-07:00A revitalized UN? Reminds me of Sweden as the nuc...A revitalized UN? Reminds me of Sweden as the nuclear weapon watchdog from Poul Anderson's classic <B>Tau Zero</B>:<BR/><BR/>She rose to stand beside him, laying one hand on his arm. The thick muscles stirred beneath her fingers. "Don't call us rulers," she begged. "We aren't. That's what the whole idea was behind the Covenant. After the nuclear war… that close a brush with world death… something had to be done."<BR/><BR/>"Uh-huh," he grunted. "I've read an occasional history book myself. General disarmament; a world police force to maintain it; <I>sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?</I> Who can we trust with a monopoly of the planet killer weapons and unlimited powers of inspection and arrest? Why, a country big and modem enough to make peace-keeping a major industry; but not big enough to conquer anyone else or force its will on anyone without the support of a majority of nations; and reasonably well thought of by everyone. In short, Sweden."Nyrath the nearly wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763356343419115136noreply@blogger.com