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This is a joke; it references a song, a non-profit organisation, and a television show where some entities are without frontiers or down to their last frontier. If you don't think that's fun or funny, feel free to skip the poll.
As a writer obviously my characters. One could even view Kakuriyo, the Shadow Land, as a new frontier.
Hey, all. So, here are my thoughts.
The Enterprise is on its final frontier, but it's a big one (space). When everyone else has zero frontiers, maybe this one can wait.
Médecins sans frontières actually don't want any frontiers. They want to be able to go help people regardless of frontiers. So, let's let them do their important work without impeding it.
That leaves games. I don't understand that song, honestly. It's based on a TV show where international teams competed in simple games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Without_Frontiers_%28song%29
Adding some frontiers to those games is probably fine. Also, Peter Gabriel seemed to be implying that games without frontiers had to do with war? Or something? In which case, maybe respecting some frontiers would prevent some wars?
So, my answer is games. Let's give them some frontiers and see what happens.
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@evan
yeah, that seemed the obvious choice to me as well—I’m legit shocked that it came in so low in the votes
Also, I reposted because I spelled médecins wrong the first time.
Also, I think it's interesting that Médecins sans frontières is translated as "Doctors Without Borders" and not "Doctors Without Frontiers". I think it says something about how at least in North American English, "frontiers" are seen as an empowering opportunity, not as a boundary or a restriction. Doctors without frontiers would be unambitious, lacking vision.
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@evan I got the Gabriel reference first. when I went to England I realized he got it from a TV show ... hopefully I'll be the only vote
@evan before I drank my coffee, I read that as "spare front tyre".
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@entichahoosh I did not know that!
@evan I think it's a perfect translation. I don't see a good way to translate Electronic Frontier Foundation into French. (I have a hat, people ask what EFF is).
@evan I’ve been thinking a lot about how daring and the pursuit of new frontiers is the essence of US national identity, and how that’s tied up with our apparent inability to invest in the sustainability of anything good we’ve built.
@evan So now I'm wondering whether Borders Book Store ever opened a location in Quebec or France, and did they call it "frontières"??
@evan That's also the direct French meaning: frontière is a border. There isn't quite a word that would map to frontier in French.