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RE: virus: The China Syndrome*
« on: 2005-03-09 03:43:13 » |
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[Blunderov] Sorry to have been so scarce people. Somehow I have allowed
the demands on my time to exceed my capacity to meet them. Very bad time
management - ever a personal demon. There are some good threads going
and I hope to join them sometime soon.
In the mean time just a note to say I don't like the way things are
shaping up at all on the Geopolitical/environmental front. I know I tend
to be a bit of a Cassandra but I am genuinely alarmed.
http://www.techcentralstation.com/030905F.html
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Somewhere outside all of this historic back and forth over China's
anti-secession law, the threat of North Korea's nuclear program hovers.
That program, and China's influence over ending it, is the elephant in
the middle of the room around which all other regional issues navigate.
Japan's guarantee of Taiwan's security was in part a move to draw
China's attention to the likelihood that Japan and several of its
neighbors, perhaps including even Taiwan itself, will go nuclear if Kim
Jong-Il retains the bomb under China's nose. China's anti-secession
growl at Taiwan is in part an attempt to drive Japan back from the edge
of remilitarization and cow Taiwan at the same time. Governor Ishihara's
comments indicate that Japan is not intimidated. If Taiwan actually
passes some sort of independence declaration while the NPC formalizes an
anti-secession law with any teeth, the region will stand on the brink of
war. And of course, the United States remains pledged to defend Taiwan
against mainland invasion. In 2002, the Bush administration reaffirmed
that pledge, going as far as declaring that all means necessary to
defend Taiwan would be on the table. </snip>
Meanwhile Bangla Desh has just experienced the shortest winter in living
memory and record cold weather conditions are being experienced in
Europe. Furthermore the world economy is, in my estimation, in near
critical condition. All this and the Middle East too.
I'm hoping that I am experiencing a temporary memetic filter failure and
that the world was ever thus. Somebody pass me a blue pill please.
Best Regards.
*Metaphorically speaking. "This chain of events corresponds to no known
or technically envisionable reactor accident: it appears to have been
confected for its dramatic effect alone."
http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?docid=565
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