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[UPDATE] View From Earth: Prodigal Prodigy - June 10
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 		[UPDATE] View From Earth: Prodigal Prodigy - June 10
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View from Earth: Prodigal Prodigy
By VLAD 'FIREFOX' DUMITRU

'Thriving black market, cognitive enhancers and illegal stimulants, corruption at the highest level, a world tearing asunder' -- it almost sounds like a movie tag-line, but you are all living it.

Initially I as well as others scoffed (and rightly so) at the idea that our two societies are even remotely similar. You all not only prized but encouraged intelligence in all aspects of your life. Where the prowess of the mind is more treasured than that of the body. War, crime, hunger, poverty, disease, all of these things we see absent from your society. There is no prejudice or racial disharmony between your citizens, your higher technology is made available to all, and it would seem that this is the perfect world. But we have a saying here on Earth: appearances can be deceiving.

Of late, more and more of the articles in the Sentinel point out to the layer beneath this seemly tranquil society of prosperity. Beneath this surface a battle for the core values and future of your society is being fought. Drugs, murder and intrigue. Now you're starting to talk our language. We Earthlings prize power above all things. And any means by which to achieve this power, will be exhausted. Our history is drowned by the blood of our forefathers, shed in battle.


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At this very moment on Earth, there are countries at war, soldiers officially fighting for freedom, unofficially fighting to stay alive. Drugs, the illegal narcotics trade has plagued the major and minor nations of Earth for decades now. And whilst our drugs are in general cognitive dis-enhancers, causing severe health problems and an addictive dependency to all users, they are as detrimental to our society as your drugs are to yours. Crime and murder, as well as the black market for all rare goods is the undercurrent which many of us choose to ignore day to day. We cover ourselves in the blanket of ignorance, and look further within our own personal lives, lest we see the world as it truly is around us. Television, media, and lies now go hand in hand. I hope you can clearly see how our situations are drawing closer to the same common point. We had a point of divergence sometime in our past, where our shared histories took different paths.

Maybe that point is coming again, and our futures are soon to be intertwined.

Prime example, the most recent article "Champaign Accepted into Competition" by Alwhin Copi, hits closer to home than many of you would suspect. Whilst drug cheats in all forms of Earth sports are highly unwelcome to say the least, the moral implications of children and sport enhancing drugs has also been a quandary in our society. Too many young children, wanting to follow in their idols footsteps or gain access to a better education through their sporting merits, look at drugs as an easy alternative. What is even sadder is that often it is with their parent's approval or guidance that they take these steps. But there again rises another similarity, which it would seem plagues all of humanity, where-ever it may call home: the need to succeed, at all costs.

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 		There is also a new abstract:
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Retail sales associated with the holidays, particularly of Earth-replica goods and media, are starting to pick up sharply. The summer holidays, traditionally not as large a gift-giving event as in winter, have been on an upward trend for the last fifteen years, as consumers have begun to transition from traditional toy and joke gifts to larger and more expensive expressions of generosity. (Full text)

as well as a new teaser:
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 		Nice article - and nothing like a bit of unannounced advertising either!

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 		Great minds think alike!! For any of you who didn't catch it, I posted my 'View from Earth' submission 'What Price Utopia?' under the 'Agriculture' related debate(!) back on the 8th of June (having submitted it on 25th May). You may notice certain points of comparison between this little piece and the current article. As to why the submission sank without trace, I have no idea other than a) it wasn't 'vibrant' enough for the Sentinel to want to take any notice of it b) it got lost in e - traffic somewhere or c) they got miffed that I didn't send them a picture.

Anyway, the point is: thoughts are obviously collectively bending in similar directions. What do we all think?
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 		Honourable Enigmaster, how is it that your post claims to have been edited a colossal total of 333 times?
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 		That's part of his sig. Note how it says "Jan 2004" and edited by "The Thieves".
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