Ok, I’ve been keeping track of this whole thing, and there still seems to be a bit of confusion on some peoples minds about it. Let me try and explain how I see it from a different perspective and see if it makes more sense.
We all live on this planet called Earth. Now, some people on Earth speak Chinese, some speak French, some German, English, Spanish, Arabic etc. One day, a fellow from China decides that he wants to see the world, specifically America, Spain, Russia, Germany and Iran. He also wants to be able to communicate with the people he meets on his journey. So, he goes out and learns English, Spanish, Arabic, German and Russian. At the same time, a fellow from Iran, Germany, Spain, America and Russia decide to do the same thing, so they each also learn all the different languages. They happen to meet on an island and talk. They realize that having to learn all these different languages is not only difficult, it’s a royal pain in the rear. They decide that what they need is one universal language. This way, they only need to learn one other language besides their native tongue to be able to communicate with each other.
First, the American says “ We should make English the official universal language, because America is the most powerful country on Earth.” The Iranian says “Arabic should be the universal language because we have all the oil that you other countries need”. The Russian chimes in with “My country is the largest, therefore everyone should speak Russian”. The Spaniard says,” Yes, but more countries in the world speak Spanish than any other language, so we should make it the official language.” The Chinese man says “China has the most population of any country on Earth, so it is only natural that we should all speak Chinese.” Finally, the German quips “If we had developed the ‘A’ bomb first, you’d all be speaking German right now and this conversation would be pointless.”
As they are arguing, a couple of aliens from outer space lands on the island and listens to them fighting. He turns to his fellow alien and says “All these people do is fight amongst themselves. If they would devote as much time into having one world language, they would be able to get a lot more done. When we travel to other planets, they all speak in one language instead of fighting. Let’s get out of here and go to Tabletophockey World.”
In a nutshell, this is where we are. The MFCA is our ‘Earth‘. We need one spoken word, called Earthian, so that when we travel around, we only need to learn Earthian to be able to communicate (play games) with each other. It doesn’t mean that we can’t all still speak Chinese, French, Spanish etc. It just means that instead of having to learn all these different ‘languages’, we only need to learn one. Then, maybe the ‘aliens’ from the other worlds out there won’t think we’re just a bunch of bickering fools…..
