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Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Thu, 8 Jul 2004 21:06:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:

If we woke up tomorrow and found an impenetrable barrier around each country
such that no physical object could pass through from one country to another
(lets not get into semantics about wind, polution, et al) which countries would
decay into 'stone agism' immediately and which countries could probably make a
good go of it?

Can information penetrate this barrier? In that case pretty much any country
with a sufficient(1) technology and manufacturing base should be OK (even if
they're a net importer of food and raw materials now)

1 - I suspect defining "sufficient" is the crux of your question. I'd say all of
the G8 are probably fine, at least.



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  Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
 
(...) I support cohesive sanctions against Iraq. That said, my wanting to not let people suffer anywhere in the world gets conflicted with what's best in the long run. 'Food for oil' will minimize the suffering of the people today, however it won't (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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