There is no one on earth that can deny globalisation - whether you support it or not. No one can fail to notice the increasing importance of the english language, or the increasing number of international conferences to solve global issues.

So what are these global issues? Well, the debate seems to be centered mainly on three topics; economics, envoirnment and the developing countries. In a way these issues are all intertwined, and you can't solve one without solving the others.

The issue that his most heavily discussed now is probably the enviornmental issue, and with the UN Envoirnemntal Conference in Copenhagen coming up the topic is on the agenda more than ever. Will the conference lead to the solving of these problems? In all the enviornmental conferences that have been held so far there has never been one whos goals have all been achieved, and the enviornmental problems are continuing to increase, both in numbers and severity.

What will become of the developing countries if we set to harsh goals that make their development into good, economicly secure and wellfare based countries? How do we solve the enviornmental issues without hindering the developing countries, and how do we help them to become part of the global economy?

My solution to these issues would be to unite earth under one goverment that has the same goals, as the reason why we are not solving these problems lies mainly in the fact that all countries fight only for their own well-being and not the well-being of the world. But is the world ready for a united earth, and what steps need be taken before we can get there?

Not only will this never happen, it's also a scary thought for me! I don't want to be under one government. You think we have problems now, what will happen if we try to combine a free country like the US (We are free for the moment anyway) and a Government controlled country like Russia?

How could you tell a dictator that he can't rule anymore, he has to become part of a Government. And who runs the one Government united by earth? How could anyone choose leaders that we don't know, don't trust and live around world doing God knows what?

The idea of being able to have the world unite and tackle our major problems together is a noble one. But there are a lot of people that are power hungry and only care about themselves and their money rather than their own people...let alone the rest of the world.

We have third world countries that are barely on the map, we have dictators, terrorists, socialists, anarchists, radicals, liberals, conservatives, etc... Putting all these people together just wouldn't work. And I can tell you that Al-Qaeda wouldn't want any part of a united Government, neither would Ahmadinejad and neither would Medvedev. Obama might, if he could control it himself. Him and all his Czars.

In my opinion the earth is not ready for a unity among nations because nations aren't willing to unite. One step towards a united earth would be to help the third world countries and take out every dictator, terrorist, socialist, anarchist, radical, liberal, conservative, etc... But then we would be left with pretty much no body.

I'm sorry if I seem cynical, but that's how I feel. There are to many people wanting power in this world and not enough people with the right power to change it. A great example would be what is going on in the US. Which I don't want to get into.

It would be nice if we could all just get along, unite and live in peace, but it won't happen. If the thousands of beauty pageant contestants haven't figured out world peace yet...I don't think anyone will.

Dawn

I don't think that a united earth is an immediate solution, it will take time, hundreds of years perhaps, before we reach that point. And yes, there is a lot of work to be done before we can even think about something like that, but the development is going that way, however slowly.

And when you say that people with different views and ideas could not live together I become slightly angered. Why shouldn't they? It is very easy, I think, to respect someone elses ideas and discuss issues together to work towards the best solution. The way to create a united earth is not to overthrow all the 'bad' governments and countries, but to come to agreements.

And you would choose leaders just like you do now, but for the earth. I don't see one president, but a council with leaders and representatives from all different nations and cultures that excist today.

It will take a lot of time and work, but I think that someday we will get there.

World peace actually isn't that hard, you just have to respect people and keep up hope.

World peace is very hard. Some people don't deserve respect. And a lot of people don't like to give respect, whether it's earned or not.

I'm sorry but in order to get my respect, you HAVE to earn it. Just because someone is a human being doesn't mean they are a respectable person.



I'm sorry I angered you but what I said is the truth. You can't put a member of Al-Qaeda and a marine together and expect them to live in harmony. You can't take away the power of a dictator and expect him to be okay with that. You can't put someone with radical views together with a person with conservative views. These people wouldn't get along and before long some would probably get violent.

Have you been watching the G20 Summit? If you have you may of noticed how the leaders of the world have been acting. Denouncing the holocaust, creating nuclear weapons when they aren't supposed to, threatening countries and so on.

No country would be willing to give up their land and their power to become a united world under one government. The world is way to big to be controlled by one group of people, there's way to much to over see. And I wouldn't trust people that I've never heard of to run the world. I'm sorry but that's absurd.

If the world does unite under one government in hundreds of years, I take pleasure in the thought that I'd be dead, so I wouldn't have to see that through. I doubt we'll ever get close to Globalization to be honest, but we might achieve World Domination...which is pretty much the same thing.

I don't know who you were quoting but I'm going to change it a bit so you can see what I'm saying.

It takes one, just one
And then one follows the other one (Like a sheep)
And then the other follows another one (Like a sheep)
Next thing you know you got a billion (Nazis)
People doing some awful things
People doing some powerful things
Let's change and do some radical things
Unity could be a scary thing

I'm not a sheep and I will not look the other way, and neither would the rest of the world. Your quote is one step away from becoming the Holocaust all over again. And that's some scary stuff.

We are better divided from other countries. But that doesn't mean that we all can't try and get along for the good of mankind and for the good of the earth.

Dawn

Even if some people don't deserve respect, there isn't an entire nation of people that don't deserve respect. Respectable and non-respectable people are everywhere, and I'm sure you know some of each yourself.

No, people of different opinions won't get along well, but the truth is also, that in the end we are all human. We're not all good people, but we are people, and that is something we do have incommon. We all have similar needs and wants, but different ways of getting what we want. Instead of seeing a person with views opposite to your own as just the opinion, think of them as a person. Ever heard of a thing called compromise?

I play close attention to all interantional relations, and I understand what you are saying, but in essensce the sheer willingness to discuss issues with other countries shows that we are moving towards something better. Most politicians are idiots, even those who lead great nations, but it is better that we discuss these issues in a democratic way than to overthrow those of different opinions; the latter would most surely only lead to amssive war, death and destruction, which I am sure very few people want.



Really? Why are we seeing the countries of Europe unite under one government? Why are we seeing both Africa and Southamerica form continental organisations of unity? The countries still exist, yes, but all issues that don't only involve the land itself are handed over to the EU (in Europe, that is).



What if that group of people was the entire population of the earth? That's how democracy works you know, the people decide. I trust it you've heard of yourself? That's all that matters. I've understood that you live in the US, and it's the same there isn't it? You cast one vote for someone you probably never heard of before the election, and then you let him/her rule. What would be so different if that was a global system?

Globalisation is upon us, whether you like it or not. Buisness is global, economy is global, leisure is global, internet is global, well, I could go on, but I think you get my point.

About the quote, it's from a Black Eyed Peas song called Unity. I can not see in any way how you can link it to nazism or the holocaust. The quote speaks of peace and unity within the human race, as we are all essentially the same.