[crossfire] [Rebootworld] The true (hi)story

[Juha Jäykkä]

I know Lalo already replied to this, but I find the topic so funny that I'll 
just reply, too.

> - where is the super technology that was used to create the new world?

This is valid, nothing funny.

> - why do inhabitants of this world fighting, instead of cooperating to
> become more powerful?

The same could be asked of the people of Earth. Not seeing much of this 
around. There is definitely an end coming to Earth, when Sun reaches the end 
of its main sequence stage and goes red giant, so the situation is actually 
similar (except we know approximately the absolute maximum amount of time we 
have left before our world is incinerated).

> - why aren't inhabitants formed to this history during their childhood, and
> left in ignorance? you'd definitely want "endoctrined" people to work
> together and don't waste time fighting each other

Again, look at Earth. Quite a few people have no idea of the atrocities of the 
crusades, for example. And I would guess some don't even know about the world 
wars and there are definitely some who claim that there was no holocaust. And 
even those who know history (as it is written in their respective countries) 
still go around killing, stealing, whatever. While the Elves should probably 
be "better", why should be think the humans of rebootworld would be any saner 
than those here on Earth?

Asking these whys is a *very* good question, unfortunately they are questions 
that apply to Earth as well, so perhaps that is rationale enough for them to 
apply to rebootworld as well? Rationality, reason and human behaviour do not 
seem to belong together - as sad as that is.

-Juha

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