Overzealous FTAA Debate

Hey everyone,

I'd like to thank those of you who came out to show support for people, freedom, humanity, people doing well, people getting jobs, and so on.

Once upon a time, and by once upon a time I mean in the year 2293, Captain James T. Kirk overcame his own deep-seeded prejudice to create peace between the Klingon Empire and Federation. He did so knowing that, instead, the Federation could have kept a strong military and brought them to their knees-- dictated terms to them since their Empire was in collapse.

Kirk said, "Your father spoke of the future as the undiscovered country."

Spock replied that he had thought Hamlet always referred to death.

But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others we know not of.

Kirk nodded, saying that "Gorkon thought it might mean something else-- another kind of life. People can be very frightened of change."

And that's all the anti-FTAA people are: desperately frightened of change. I'm sure they know that the times will inevitably pass them by and we remain locked inexorably to greater ties amongst each other. It's too late to go back. And why would we want to?

(( Well, if our brave new world was being led by some of the UESers at the debate, I could understand their fear but... ))