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Registered: April 24, 2005
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Well what with all the arguing around I decided to create a light hearted topic, if one day the worlds borders dissolve, what should be the capitol of the world? my vote is for Istanbul, and im backed up by the thoughts of Napoleon who once stated the same. Istanbul is at the crossroads of civilisation and was the seat of many empires and religions, it is beautiful and populous with history and modernity and also represents a city of tolerance for all religions and minorities. I'm also leaving for the city by train in a few hours! what would everyone else vote for?
'it's better to have your ministers inside the tent pissing out than outside, pissing in'
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Registered: October 19, 2005
Posts: 323
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How about Titanic?
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Registered: June 02, 2004
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quote: Would its inhabitants be called Seals?
Are you crazy? NO! They'd be called Sealandians or Sealandites or something.
Live and Let Live. Love and Let Love.
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Registered: July 28, 2003
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The only reasonable response to this question is obvious; Helsinki.
"To see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour..." -William Blake
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Registered: March 28, 2006
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If it was on an island then it might sink...
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Registered: August 20, 2003
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Heh. Would its inhabitants be called Seals?
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystical. It is the source of all true art and science. --Albert Einstein
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Registered: March 13, 2002
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quote: Originally posted by xVOICEx:
I think it'd be really cool to build it on an island! Not sure which one though....
Excellent, there's only ONE answer: Sealand!
"Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?"
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Registered: July 07, 2004
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I think it'd be really cool to build it on an island! Not sure which one though....
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Registered: March 06, 2006
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Totally agree ampmaster. But who knows what the technology will bring??!!As things stand the future is clouded!  |
Registered: February 22, 2004
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yeah you could do it but even crazy people avoid the sahara and the sane stay even further away unless nesscesity requires it. nothing lasts for long in the sands
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done"."
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Registered: March 06, 2006
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''Impossible is Nothing''!What i mean is that surely it would take a plentiful resources and joint effort.But imagine-creating a metropolis in face of adversity?AN eight wonder?What esle could be fitting enough for a capital?  |
Registered: April 24, 2005
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i think the reason the area is so deprived is the fact that it is a desert and therefore building any sort of cosmopolitan metropolis there would be largely impossible!
'it's better to have your ministers inside the tent pissing out than outside, pissing in'
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Registered: March 06, 2006
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How about creating a city from scratch in thew desert regions of Africa?After all thats the region of our origins (not to mention it could aid in the local development of that area )
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Registered: April 24, 2005
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well i had the misfortune of leaving istanbul today and coming back to ankara  it only makes me see istanbul as the best choice even more. If not Istanbul i like the new city idea! but where would it be built?
'it's better to have your ministers inside the tent pissing out than outside, pissing in'
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Registered: October 06, 2004
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I think Babylon, Constantinople, or Ctesiphon, the old capital of Parthia. Or what about Ur, the first city of them all?
O of where dost thou hail, Celephanil, Celephanil? Why dost thou wander in Tengelwar great, why on the sea do you sail?
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Registered: March 12, 2006
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Rome is the best so far. It is so gorgeous there.. anyone been?
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Registered: March 12, 2006
Posts: 6
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rebuilding atlantis? yes! i'm all for it...
where exactly was it supposed to be, anyways?
another idea or a capitol could be some gigantic city... hmmm
i'll have to ponder this one
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Registered: March 13, 2002
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quote: Originally posted by ampmaster:
rebuild/build atlantis perhaps?
How about Babylon?
"Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?"
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Registered: February 22, 2004
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rebuild/build atlantis perhaps?
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done"."
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Registered: March 13, 2002
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If you're going for a world capital, I think there's only one way to go, and that's the same path America took early on: Build an entirely new city. I mean it would be the ushering in of a new era anyway. No need to bicker over which old nation or culture would get the pride of being the "world capital".
"Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?"
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