hypoSTUPIDly
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 2:00 PM
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Let's say, hypothetically, that you've got two countries that hate each
other, glaring the glares of the nuclear-armed at each other across a
narrow strait.
One is
communist, and
enormous - an emerging superpower, some might say - and claims that
the other is merely a rogue province that will one day be
forcibly
reigned
in. The
other is tiny, democratic and capitalist, and has made quite a name
for itself what with the
selling things thing and all.
Now let's say you've got a third
country, we'll call it "The
Only Remaining Superpower." Country numbers 3 and 1 are sort
of wary of each other - due (partly) to the whole freedom and capitalism
thing - but it's very much in the economic (et al.) interest of both to
stay friends. So in general, we in country three try not to do
anything STUPID, and PISS country one off. Like, for example, if
our leader were to go country 1 and say, hey, that country you claim to
be yours, but we spend billions each year protecting from you - you
know, that thing we don't talk about so much because it pisses us both
off?
You
should be more like them.
Maybe you had to be there
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