>>Pinochet was taken seriously here. At some point so was Somosa, and Noriega, and every Saudi prince who came along. Rumsfeld was very cordial with Saddam once upon a time. Sheesh, there are even countries who take GW2B seriously. Not because all of these guys inspire deep respect - but because of the people they, under the circumstances, represent. And until we have a ruling body with Earth in its name, this is the way to show respect to people - respect their countries. Equally.
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>Would have never guessed you were so hot to be ruled over - especially with the big bro tendencies made easier by technology each day.

I'm not. Just said "until we have Earth something, we have countries, and should respect them". Also, English language makes no distinction between "ruling", "ruling" and "ruling". I meant the third one.