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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
I have been giggling over the Shenzhou launch, in regard to the spot
light it also casts on the ISS, International Space Station. Since the ISS is still likely to exclude China, the title "International" would be an oxymoron and a hypocrisy, regardless of political and/or security reasons. Is there any solution to integrate China to preserve the ISS' legitimicy and still maintain politically correctness? |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
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Bo wrote: I have been giggling over the Shenzhou launch, in regard to the spot light it also casts on the ISS, International Space Station. Personally, I am giggling at you, and your poor English. Since the ISS is still likely to exclude China, the title "International" would be an oxymoron and a hypocrisy, regardless of political and/or security reasons. Is there any solution to integrate China to preserve the ISS' legitimicy and still maintain politically correctness? Fortunatly we are saved from this lunacy, by the firest dictionary definition of the word "international" (Canadian Oxford - I'm sure other dictionaries are similiar) international adj. & n - adj. 1 existing, involving, or carried on between two or more nations As we will still have 2 (or more!) nations involved, the name will be quite appropriate. Another example, would be, of course, the International Joint Commission, which as I'm sure you know, is limited to Canada and the United States. http://www.ijc.org Nick |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
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Bo wrote: I have been giggling over the Shenzhou launch, in regard to the spot light it also casts on the ISS, International Space Station. Personally, I am giggling at you, and your poor English. Since the ISS is still likely to exclude China, the title "International" would be an oxymoron and a hypocrisy, regardless of political and/or security reasons. Is there any solution to integrate China to preserve the ISS' legitimicy and still maintain politically correctness? Fortunately we are saved from this lunacy, by the first dictionary definition of the word "international" (Canadian Oxford - I'm sure other dictionaries are similar). international adj. & n - adj. 1 existing, involving, or carried on between two or more nations ... As we will still have 2 (or more!) nations involved, the name will be quite appropriate. Another example, would be, of course, the International Joint Commission, which as I'm sure you know, is limited to Canada and the United States. http://www.ijc.org Nick |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
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Bo wrote: I have been giggling over the Shenzhou launch, in regard to the spot light it also casts on the ISS, International Space Station. Personally, I am giggling at you, and your poor English. You spelled "fortunately" wrong. Can you enlighten us on the "firest dictionary"? Not that I would jeer at anyone due to improper language skills, but would you share with us the specifics of my writing style that humored you? Since the ISS is still likely to exclude China, the title "International" would be an oxymoron and a hypocrisy, regardless of political and/or security reasons. Is there any solution to integrate China to preserve the ISS' legitimicy and still maintain politically correctness? Fortunatly we are saved from this lunacy, by the firest dictionary definition of the word "international" (Canadian Oxford - I'm sure other dictionaries are similiar) Kudos for finding it in that 'firest' dictionary. Yeah, I guess we can start 'firing' unwanted nations from the U.N. now. Jokes aside, this is still a relatively important issue the ISS eventually have to face. China always have the option (and they have indeed and gradually succeeded) to cooperate with the ESA or Russian space agency. This successful launch is also a bargaining chip should they strike deals with non-US ISS members to lobby for China's admission. Can we just flatly refuse or rally against like the Olympics? How many times? international adj. & n - adj. 1 existing, involving, or carried on between two or more nations As we will still have 2 (or more!) nations involved, the name will be quite appropriate. Another example, would be, of course, the International Joint Commission, which as I'm sure you know, is limited to Canada and the United States. http://www.ijc.org Nick |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
"Bo" wrote in message om... Another coward who hasn't got the courage to identify themself -- Alan Erskine alanerskine(at)optusnet.com.au The U.S. Government is in the peculiar position of toppling foreign governments in the name of democracy. Oh, how democractic! |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
Does China want to be integrated?
-- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one. I have been giggling over the Shenzhou launch, in regard to the spot light it also casts on the ISS, International Space Station. Since the ISS is still likely to exclude China, the title "International" would be an oxymoron and a hypocrisy, regardless of political and/or security reasons. Is there any solution to integrate China to preserve the ISS' legitimicy and still maintain politically correctness? |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
In article ,
Bo wrote: ing.google.com, Bo wrote: I have been giggling over the Shenzhou launch, in regard to the spot light it also casts on the ISS, International Space Station. Personally, I am giggling at you, and your poor English. You spelled "fortunately" wrong. Can you enlighten us on the "firest dictionary"? Not that I would jeer at anyone due to improper language skills, but would you share with us the specifics of my writing style that humored you? You are correct, I made a couple of typos. Which I spotted just as I posted, which is why I cancelled the article within about 30 seconds, and reposted a corrected version, 2 hours before you replied to this. You should check with your IP provider, as their news software must be misconfigured, as you shouldn't have seen the cancelled article. I was humoured (not humored) by your failure to understand the meaning of the word "international". Fortunately we are saved from this lunacy, by the finest dictionary definition of the word "international" (Canadian Oxford - I'm sure other dictionaries are similiar) Jokes aside, this is still a relatively important issue the ISS eventually have to face. China always have the option (and they have indeed and gradually succeeded) to cooperate with the ESA or Russian space agency. This successful launch is also a bargaining chip should they strike deals with non-US ISS members to lobby for China's admission. Can we just flatly refuse or rally against like the Olympics? How many times? Has China asked to be let in? I doubt it ... and if they ever do I would suspect that the political situation would have changed enough, that this would be a non-issue. Nick |
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I can't stop laughing over the Shenzhou launch
In article , jeff findley wrote:
Thirdly, you've got a really warped view of what "international" means. You assume that ISS is open to any and all participants. It isn't. It's an exclusive club and you've got to be invited in order to participate. Out of interest, who *are* the station participants? ESA (or at least individual parts of it), Canada, the US, Russia & Japan; are there other smaller nations providing some funding/equipment in return for getting experiments flown? Enquiring minds, and all that... [I don't think a Chinese flight to the ISS is implausible, and indeed I suspect both sides can see upsides to it. I do suspect China "coming on board" is somewhat unlikely...] -- -Andrew Gray |
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