From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	the value of education
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:42:08 +1000

MC23 writes:
> >In SR, the US is history. The UCAS, while still probably being
> the strongest
> >nation on Earth (though the Japanese Empire may have something
> to say about
> >that) is vastly reduced in strength, and there are several other
> nations, of
> >comparable strength, adjacent to their borders. This would
> prompt a greater
> >awareness of their neighbours, and thus a stronger global awareness.
>
> Go ahead and dismiss CAS why don't you. Yet again proving the
> northern bias. By the 2060 in the Shadowrun timeline there would be far
> more subtle differences then there are now. Being the child of a Southern
> father and a Northern mother I pick up on these things a lot.

I did not. The CAS would be one of the other nations that are of comparable
strength. However, it would not be as strong as the UCAS, IMHO.

In fact, given that the UCAS and CAS share a commonality of history, the CAS
would probably prompt a greater global awareness than if it was just the
NAN.

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