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Old 02-July-2008, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
No, the OST is bad because it was the brainchild of a few unelected officials who gave away America's birthright in order to achieve short-term political ends that are now ancient history.
Wait, what? Unrestricted, isolationist, imperialistic exploration, exploitation, and domination of LEO is America's birthright?

"Hi there! We're America! You might not find it in our Constitution anywhere, but the fact is that ever since we first got started as a nation-state in 1776, space has belonged to us! All of it! For military uses, too! Especially for military uses! We deserve it! We've earned it! And even if we hadn't earned it, we'd be entitled to it anyway! Just because! It's our birthright! France got some decent wine country. Britain got Winston Churchill. India got Mahatma Ghandi and that really cool Elephant-headed God. Japan got the katana. Russia got, well, the Russians got Russia. And we Americans get America--the lower forty-eight, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Low Earth Orbit, the Moon, Mars, and all the rest of it! We might even get Antarctica, too, but we'll let you squat there for a while yet. Have a nice day!"
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