http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/ As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and interdependent we can, and must, acknowledge local and global citizenship Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:22:13 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5822 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5822 ... Michel::: Widely understanding e.g. our gathering and fighting instincts would increase our chances to work for peace, don't you think? Jim::: Yes it would Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:21:49 GMT Michel Verheughe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5821 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5821 ... Hawking, Jim? He is the best. I don't know if I have said this before but in one of his book I read, as an introduction he writes that he was once Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:20:08 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5820 Under our current understanding of the laws of nature, we simply will be unable to get people transported to other livable planets. Any such planets would be a Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:14 GMT ro-esp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5819 ... I have several resons not to do so: - some words have different meanings depending on where you're from. some words or expressions in the netherlands mean Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:00 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5818 You may be thinking about an alternative where the income of the lower class doesn't drop to 25% because extra money is given to the lower class out of the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:18:34 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5817 If I did have a car, I don't think it would be a good idea for an African to have a car too because I don't think either one of us should have a car. Instead, Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:18:31 GMT Gary Shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5816 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5816 Hi I think it is possible to be quite prosperous and yet consume relatively little. It is a mistake to count people's wealth solely in terms of dollar amounts. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:18:09 GMT Andres Espino http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5815 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5815 Dear Friend, You can read about the World Passport at the official web page http://worldgovernment.org/index.html  You can also obtain the necessary Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT Gary Shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5814 Hi I agree that there must be reasonable, enforceable global standards for human and worker rights. However, the elimination of the nationalist-militarist Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:17:19 GMT Andres Espino http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5813 Since 1953, The World Service Authority, founded on the principles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has offered its own Passport as Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:17:01 GMT ro-esp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5812 ... yeah, transferring wealth and spreading popultion is better ... what's the reason for that? - afromericans don't know toilets? - afromericans are hit Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:16:31 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5811 I would like the idea, but it would have to be accompanied by a system of principles and structures which would make outlawing war feel safe to people who now Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:16:25 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5810 I do agree with you in that I think our culture could change that much. However, I think we would need to do a lot more than we are doing now to bring about Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:16:25 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5809 I think people could be convinced to change if we could and present a vision of a better world in detail, so people could see exactly what it would be like. It Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:16:05 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5808 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5808 The most important thing is to try to come up with ideas to improve socialism into a more advanced kind of socialism. Jim