Talk:Facing the Flag

Grammatical Errors

In the description of the plot, the common effected vs. affected error is made twice:

"... the US, which is directly effected by Karraje's piracy." (should be affected)

"... how it was effected by the discovery ..." (should also be affected)

I'd "be bold" and edit it except I'm not signed in and I don't remember my username off the top of my head.

-- 67.68.49.205 (talk) 23:40, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Speculation removed from Plot entry.

Snipped out the following from the Plot section as its pure speculation and and opinion and has no place there.

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"(...) In the terrible explosion which destroyed the island of Back Cup, Ker Karraje and his pirates have disappeared - and with them Thomas Roch and the secret of his invention" is how Verne ends his book. However, knowledge of Twentieth Century history and how it was effected by the discovery of Weapons of Mass Destruction could lead to doubt if that would be quite the end.

Under the conditions described, an accelerated arms race would have been virtually certain to break out between the various late 19th Century powers, each seeking to rediscover Roch's weapon for itself. Britain would presumably assert its sovereignty over Backcup to thoroughly comb the ruins for possible clues; the French would grill Hart for anything he might have picked up and search for any papers Roch may have left behind; the Americans would locate Karraje's suppliers and thoroughly examine their records; and as for the other powers, knowing that such a weapon is possible would be enough of a clue to try their utmost to duplicate it. One may well speculate that in the universe of Verne's book, the First World War would break out much sooner than 1914 and might be far more destructive.

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Omega2064 (talk) 22:30, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

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