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If you had to divide up the world

Postby Corporations and Companies » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:54 am

just say you were forced to divide up the World - how would you divy it up

By Skin Colour?
By Religion?
By Political Leaning?
By Sex?

Or would you get more creative? Put all the accountants in one nation, short people in another, vegetarians in another and so forth?

How would you make your world perfect?

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Postby Genivaria » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:56 am

Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World - how would you divy it up

By Skin Colour?
By Religion?
By Political Leaning?
By Sex?

Or would you get more creative? Put all the accountants in one nation, short people in another, vegetarians in another and so forth?

How would you make your world perfect?

By doing absolutely none of those things.

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Postby Divair » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:57 am

Genivaria wrote:
Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World - how would you divy it up

By Skin Colour?
By Religion?
By Political Leaning?
By Sex?

Or would you get more creative? Put all the accountants in one nation, short people in another, vegetarians in another and so forth?

How would you make your world perfect?

By doing absolutely none of those things.

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Postby The Joseon Dynasty » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:57 am

I would have one nation for everyone, and then a nation for the people who talk in the theatre.
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Postby Labyrnna » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:57 am

The world can be perfect?
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Postby Risottia » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:59 am

Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World...
How would you make your world perfect?


By awesomeness. Awesome people on one side, non-awesome people on the other.
That's about as objective as you can get.
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Postby Slembana » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:01 pm

Risottia wrote:
Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World...
How would you make your world perfect?


By awesomeness. Awesome people on one side, non-awesome people on the other.
That's about as objective as you can get.


What would be the qualification for "awesome", though?
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Postby Uelvan » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:09 pm

By nationalities.
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Postby Mike the Progressive » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:10 pm

Well we'd have blacks on one side...

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Postby Mike the Progressive » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:11 pm

The Joseon Dynasty wrote:I would have one nation for everyone, and then a nation for the people who talk in the theatre.


How about the people who give/get handys in the theater?

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Postby Nidaria » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:12 pm

I would not divide it at all. We are all brothers and sisters.
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Postby Tsuntion » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:13 pm

By letting people choose their own group, or no group, or constantly shift groups, or be in a group of one, or anything else people think of, and then getting them all to play nice.
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Postby Dieu Vous Benisse » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:13 pm

By Sex, obviously :roll:

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Postby Saruhan » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:15 pm

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Postby Solmakia » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:16 pm

by political philosophy!
Then there would no longer be useless politicians running around

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Postby Neo Arcad » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:16 pm

Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World - how would you divy it up

By Skin Colour?
By Religion?
By Political Leaning?
By Sex?

Or would you get more creative? Put all the accountants in one nation, short people in another, vegetarians in another and so forth?

How would you make your world perfect?


The only way to perfect the world is to kill all the humans.
So I'd put all the corpses in one nation, say Luxembourg.
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Postby Saruhan » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:17 pm

Solmakia wrote:by political philosophy!
Then there would no longer be useless politicians running around

No matter what system you chose you will always have that
Caninope wrote:The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

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Postby Threlizdun » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:17 pm

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Postby The Godly Nations » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:19 pm

By Geographic Region, I'll divy the world between the British, French, Germans, Americans, Russians, and Japanese, and live in my late 19th century fantasy world.

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Postby Samuraikoku » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:24 pm

Divide?

I'd unify it under the banner of the Imperium of Man.

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Postby Slembana » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:26 pm

I would not divide up the world, because everyone is a huge hyper-community.
I have left NS.

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Postby Corporations and Companies » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:37 pm

After you read out the few whiny baby replies there are some interesting responses.

Though I think a few are still unclear on the concept of 'have to'.

So for 'have to' assume that if you did not make the division that something bad would happen. War. Disease. Famine etc.

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Postby Esternial » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:39 pm

Corporations and Companies wrote:After you read out the few whiny baby replies there are some interesting responses.
That's funny, coming from you.

I'd probably divide it up by political learning, because that group is - in my opinion - the hardest to unite.

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Postby Genivaria » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:39 pm

Solmakia wrote:by political philosophy!
Then there would no longer be useless politicians running around

I don't think you understand how governments work.

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Postby Risottia » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:46 pm

Slembana wrote:
Risottia wrote:
By awesomeness. Awesome people on one side, non-awesome people on the other.
That's about as objective as you can get.


What would be the qualification for "awesome", though?


My choice. I'm awesomely objective about objective awesomeness, you know, don't you know?
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