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Interstellar Relations, Monday, 5th Period

Sep 11, 2006 14:52

The lights were dimmed as students entered the room and signed in. Professor Roslin sat at her desk, a laptop computer angled off to her right. The most immediately visible item, however, was the large plasma screen with the accompanying SmartBoard, illuminated behind her. Closer inspection showed that the image on the board was simply a larger ( Read more... )

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Sign-In hera_rises September 11 2006, 18:57:35 UTC

You guys should really be old-hat at this, right?

Re: Sign-In once_a_king September 11 2006, 19:10:12 UTC

Peter Pevensie.

Re: Sign-In the_right_ray September 11 2006, 19:11:25 UTC

Ray Kowalski

Re: Sign-In tatooine_doofus September 11 2006, 19:11:37 UTC

Luke Skywalker.

Thread 14

Discussion: States, Nations, Recognition hera_rises September 11 2006, 18:58:24 UTC

What is a state, and how do we define it? What is the difference between a state and a nation? Is there a difference?

Re: Discussion: States, Nations, Recognition the_right_ray September 11 2006, 19:12:28 UTC

"A state's smaller than a nation," Ray guessed, not really good with this sort of thing. "USA is a nation, Virginia is a state."

Re: Discussion: States, Nations, Recognition hera_rises September 11 2006, 19:16:48 UTC

Laura furrowed her brow. She was suddenly thankful she had been up most of the night, reading everything she could about her current surroundings. "Sort of," she said slowly. "If we look at it in terms of the US and it's component states, what do we get? What differences are there between the US and, say, Virginia?" She paused. "Aside from acreage."

Re: Discussion: States, Nations, Recognition the_right_ray September 11 2006, 19:20:08 UTC

"Uh..." Ray furrowed his brow. "Level of control over things? Or something like that. The US can govern Virginia but Virginia can't go and govern like Montana or something."

He's really not good at this.

Thread 26

Examples of Systems hera_rises September 11 2006, 18:59:27 UTC

[::singing:: United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru...]

Re: Examples of Systems once_a_king September 11 2006, 19:11:56 UTC

"The UK is a Parliamentary/Constitutional Monarchy," Peter said before someone else took the one answer he knew.

Re: Examples of Systems hera_rises September 11 2006, 19:35:28 UTC

Laura nodded, tapping on the political boundaries of the UK. It lit up in red. "And what -- without looking at your sheet, if you can -- are the key ideas that define the system?"

Re: Examples of Systems once_a_king September 11 2006, 19:48:27 UTC

"The Monarch is the head of state, but the Prime Minister is the head of government so that the Monarch has little power other than ceremonial," Peter replied. He may have sounded faintly disapproving. "The Parliament controls the money, makes the laws, and so on."

Thread 39

Why... hera_rises September 11 2006, 19:00:02 UTC

...don't some of these systems get along?

Re: Why... the_right_ray September 11 2006, 19:13:38 UTC

"Different religions, opinions, and ways of life," Ray said.

Re: Why... mparkerceo September 11 2006, 23:41:11 UTC

"Don't you think it's more how tolerant they're willing to be of all of the above?" Parker wondered. "More than the actual differences, that is."

Re: Why... notthehulk September 11 2006, 19:25:29 UTC

"They could have a history of opposition that would carry over to the political systems they have today." Teddy said.

Thread 55

After Class hera_rises September 11 2006, 19:01:03 UTC

She seemed a little nervous after class, though not very noticibly. Quietly, she began packing her things, leaving the computer for last.