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  • (translation) If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Wed May 20 14:43:58 2026
    If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop

    An anthology of science fiction stories.

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  • From quadi@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 2 02:19:30 2026
    On Wed, 20 May 2026 14:43:58 +0000, James Nicoll wrote:

    If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop

    Of course, the title of the anthology reminds me of an anthology of
    science fiction stories by a biochemist who was also a science-fiction
    writer, Earth Is Room Enough.

    Although many of the stories in this book do take place in space, even in other star systems, despite the avoidance of FTL.

    The United States must simply be restored to the democracy it once was. It
    is Russia and the PRC that need to be destroyed as military threats - hopefully without prejudice to the survival of their civilian populations.

    The USA, even under Trump, is not yet at the level of Russia and the PRC
    as a direct threat to the world's free nations, even though it is
    definitely heading in that direction.

    John Savard

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 2 22:10:58 2026
    On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 02:19:30 -0000 (UTC), quadi wrote:

    The United States must simply be restored to the democracy it once
    was.

    I keep hearing certain individuals insist that the USA was never
    supposed to be a ?democracy?, it?s supposed to be some kind of
    ?constitutional republic? (as though that?s something better than a
    democracy).

    It is Russia and the PRC that need to be destroyed as military
    threats - hopefully without prejudice to the survival of their
    civilian populations.

    The nice thing about the passive voice is that you don?t need to
    explain who is supposed to be carrying out the action.

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Wed Jun 3 08:23:37 2026
    On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:10:58 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D?Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 02:19:30 -0000 (UTC), quadi wrote:

    The United States must simply be restored to the democracy it once
    was.

    I keep hearing certain individuals insist that the USA was never
    supposed to be a ?democracy?, it?s supposed to be some kind of >?constitutional republic? (as though that?s something better than
    a
    democracy).

    And you heard correctly. You are responding to Quadi. Who is, IIRC, in
    Canada.

    I don't recall anyone claiming a republic was /better/, merely that it
    was /different/ and so the rules of how parliamentary democracies work
    do not apply as well as might be thought.

    It is Russia and the PRC that need to be destroyed as military
    threats - hopefully without prejudice to the survival of their
    civilian populations.

    The nice thing about the passive voice is that you don?t need to
    explain who is supposed to be carrying out the action.

    This is Quadi. I doubt that he has carried the thought out that far.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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