Saw this, thought of khaosworks

Singapore to Get a Little Messy in New Techno-Park
Fri February 21, 2003 08:31 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Squeaky-clean Singapore plans to get a little messy.

The strictly controlled city state, where spitting is illegal and pornography is a crime, said it would tolerate "some untidiness" in a new office and residential area designed for creative and scientific industries...

The rest of the news story is here. I hope y'all will excuse me just a moment's worth of American parochialism when I say that I find the idea of the government biting its bottom lip and reluctantly saying 'well... okay, I guess we can let them make a few messes' to be highly entertaining.

... okay, I'll be quiet now. Sorry about that.

Nationstates and idiots.

I'm not talking about real-world politics today. I try to avoid that when I can. I know what I think and I hear what other people think, and my opinion may or may not change based on what I hear and read, but I don't argue about politics with people because in the end it's ultimately stupid. Arguing or debating implies that you have a snowball's chance in hell of convincing the other person that their opinion might need some changing, and these days it seems like nobody is willing to admit that there might be holes in their beliefs/opinions.

( That having been said, this post is about NationStates, the simulation web game. )