A Stronger Loving World

''To say what might have been, and what cannot, goes many ways. There is but only one existing universe for which we as people inhabit, and we can only live and learn within it. There is nothing else we can do or say that can change the past, what we can do, though, is dream of a better world. A "stronger loving world", a quote by John Cale, a real world Welsh musician and songwriter. Perhaps his words can put best the face of imagination of the eternal question; what if?''

"It would be a stronger world, a stronger loving world, to die in."

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Where Imagination Steps In
On May 10, 1912, The R.M.S. Titanic caught fire just 40 km from the Grand Banks. The captian, Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, authorized to set course for the Standard Oil artifical island; Point Rockfeller, a refueling station for many oil exporting ships. After working on the blaze for 21 hours, it was finally continated on May 12, with over 88 casuaties. Lord Kerr was pardoned from all issues regarding the fire, which was caused by a faulty light bulb. News relating to the incident spread almost as fast as the actual fire itself, with responses from the Emperor of Tokyo and Japan on Britain failing ability to control the seas. Ruling the waves was not in the British dictionary, it would seem. Numberous ships over went many renovations, in order to improve both the image of Britian and it's ships. Since Britain had not had a ship disater like this of such maginatude, and such high esteem from the upper class was the liner was the Britain White Star, many felt uneasy about travel on the waters. As the price of oil rised, due to higher demand, ship traveling became less and less common since it's safety was in question. Yet, by next year, focus had already turned to rising trouble in Germany as a new kaiser had highten tension between the great powers. War seemed near.