Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Official Topic Drift Thread

When I was a kid, during the summer on Saturday we would go first to my Grandmothers. We do some chores and have lunch. After that we went to the beach. I loved jumping in the ocean waves. After the beach we would get ice cream cones.

I tried drifting off for a snooze in the garden, but it clouded over not long after I went out, and a cool breeze started up.

Living in the Philippines, I got used to constant temperatures and nearly consistent weather through the day (if it rains, it usually does so for the better part of the day).

And sunsets! the latest would be 6.30pm.

here in France the sun sets after 10pm, and it can be intensely warm one day and cool and breezy the next.

Mark Twain is credited with the quote "If you don't like the weather in New England, wait a minute."

Our guide in Iceland would joke that you get to experience all four seasons in one day

I loved Bjork's swan dress.

There were a lot of swans in Lake Geneva.

I learned of the Geneva Conventions from watching Hogan's Heroes

I learned a lot of my German from watching Hogan's Heroes.

I took a German language class in 8th grade. If my high school had a German class, I would have taken it. As it is, I regret not taking Latin in high school

I would like to improve my French and Mandarin Chinese, and learn Spanish and more Japanese.

In high school I took Italian for my foreign language because I liked it and thought it would be easy. First day of class and the teacher is reading off the roll. Bertroni, Buonomo, Donatello, Frazetta, Gratzia, Marconi, Parella, Picardi, Ploski Um is your mother Italian? no. *quizzical look from teacher*

Most of my classmates thought I would be from Latin America, Italy, Spain or Portugal.

Well, Invisible Brainiac does sound Spanish

Yes, I can't believe how many of them have friends from back home that are named Invisible Brainiac.

Does it worry you that your duplicates have set up lives of their own?

Aren't they entitled to live their own lives?

According to the Declaration of Human Rights here are the 30 human rights.

Article 1 Right to Equality
Article 2 Freedom from Discrimination
Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security
Article 4 Freedom from Slavery
Article 5 Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment
Article 6 Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law
Article 7 Right to Equality before the Law
Article 8 Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal
Article 9 Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile
Article 10 Right to Fair Public Hearing
Article 11 Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty
Article 12 Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence
Article 13 Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country
Article 14 Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
Article 15 Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It
Article 16 Right to Marriage and Family
Article 17 Right to Own Property
Article 18 Freedom of Belief and Religion
Article 19 Freedom of Opinion and Information
Article 20 Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association
Article 21 Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections
Article 22 Right to Social Security
Article 23 Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions
Article 24 Right to Rest and Leisure
Article 25 Right to Adequate Living Standard
Article 26 Right to Education
Article 27 Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community
Article 28 Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document
Article 29 Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development
Article 30 Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights

30 is a good number.

Now we can rate the countries of the world against it. Drift from a Half Decent Humanity...

North Korea gets a -1000

Sadly we don't seem to apply these principles if there's an arms deal involved, or oil or a bit of money laundering to invite.