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    Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
    Whether or not we use the classical geography of Europe to define inclusion, surely we can use it to define exclusion, ie. that Germans are not Europeans. After all, that's your game at the start of this discussion, wasn't it?
    That Britain is not part of mainland Europe is a geographical fact, whether the Romans were able to conquer some people or not is hardly a proper way to define a geographical area or the common culture of people 1500 years or more after the fact.
    And it was PVC who said he has nothing in common with the Greeks, the Spaniards and the Italians, all of whom were ironically all part of the roman empire that you both now say defines some kind of common europeanality.

    The point is that Canada needs to improve and you British can stop pretending that you do not belong into a group with other Europeans.


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    That Britain is not part of mainland Europe is a geographical fact, whether the Romans were able to conquer some people or not is hardly a proper way to define a geographical area or the common culture of people 1500 years or more after the fact.
    And it was PVC who said he has nothing in common with the Greeks, the Spaniards and the Italians, all of whom were ironically all part of the roman empire that you both now say defines some kind of common europeanality.

    The point is that Canada needs to improve and you British can stop pretending that you do not belong into a group with other Europeans.
    In Ukrainian there are two different notions: part of the world (chastyna svitu) and continent/mainland (materyk). Sometimes they coincide (Australia, Antarctica, Africa), sometimes they don't - America as a part of the world contains two continents (North America and South America), Euroasia as a continent contains two parts of the world (Europe and Asia).
    So, Great Britain, Ireland, Sicily, Corsica and other islands are not parts of the continent (of Europe), but they belong to Europe as a part of the world.
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    Alberta (where I live) has made a public apology.

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle25065978/

    This will likely not result in any concrete action/policy; the present sentiment appears to be calls for more studies and commissions.
    I appreciate The Alberta governments apology; I hope this administration has the courage and imagination to propose concrete measures toward reconciliation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    That Britain is not part of mainland Europe is a geographical fact, whether the Romans were able to conquer some people or not is hardly a proper way to define a geographical area or the common culture of people 1500 years or more after the fact.
    And it was PVC who said he has nothing in common with the Greeks, the Spaniards and the Italians, all of whom were ironically all part of the roman empire that you both now say defines some kind of common europeanality.

    The point is that Canada needs to improve and you British can stop pretending that you do not belong into a group with other Europeans.
    Actually, it's not a geographical fact unless you also accept that parts of Denmak and the Netherlands are also not part of Europe. the British Isles are part of the European landmass and occupy the same tectonic plate, it's just that the last ice age wiped out the land bridge.


    Nothing in common with Greeks and Italians?

    No - just that I can't be lumped in with them. Also, you clearly missed out all the countries I didn't mention - France, the Netherlands (English have a lot in common with the Dutch), Belgium, Scandinavia...

    GERMANY.

    So you allowed your prejudice to dictate how you read my post - because you think I'm Greyblades even though I'm regularly seen to slap Greyblades about.

    As to SPQR membership not being a way to define a common culture...

    I don't even know what to say, except, dafuq?

    SPQR IS the definition of European culture, all our institutions are modelled on Roman ones, this is even true in the UK where Roman authority and society largely collapsed after the legions left. Even so, we here value concepts like Republicanism and due process of law, (Roman) letters and our universities were developed from the original Roman concept of a "liberal" eduction.

    Even our version of Christianity was Roman.

    Now, lets be clear. It is the fault of the Germans barbarians that the WRE fell, if it weren't for your ancestors we would all have jet packs by now and Rome's Legions would be off conquering other planets!
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    I protest! The slapping is a more occasional event, there's nothing regular about it.
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    Nothing in common with Greeks and Italians?

    No - just that I can't be lumped in with them. Also, you clearly missed out all the countries I didn't mention - France, the Netherlands (English have a lot in common with the Dutch), Belgium, Scandinavia...

    GERMANY.

    So you allowed your prejudice to dictate how you read my post - because you think I'm Greyblades even though I'm regularly seen to slap Greyblades about.
    There are only few British people such as Beskar about whom I do not have the prejudice that they believe in British exceptionalism.
    And I will keep and nurture that prejudice until you can be lumped in with the greeks.

    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    As to SPQR membership not being a way to define a common culture...

    I don't even know what to say, except, dafuq?
    I never said that, so yeah, dafuq?

    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    SPQR IS the definition of European culture, all our institutions are modelled on Roman ones, this is even true in the UK where Roman authority and society largely collapsed after the legions left. Even so, we here value concepts like Republicanism and due process of law, (Roman) letters and our universities were developed from the original Roman concept of a "liberal" eduction.

    Even our version of Christianity was Roman.
    It certainly had a great influence but so did germanic and other (e.g. celtic) tribal cultures which were simply mixed with the SPQR culture in most places. And yes, we kept quite a few ideas of the romans around for too long even.

    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Now, lets be clear. It is the fault of the Germans barbarians that the WRE fell, if it weren't for your ancestors we would all have jet packs by now and Rome's Legions would be off conquering other planets!
    Hardly. our modern republicanism is often more like a hidden oligarchy, the romans had a monarch instead of a proper republic most of the time, their science and teaching stuff was mostly stolen from the greeks anyway (the ones you don't want to be lumped in with) and is super outdated by now but was obviously flawed enough to stop itself from modernizing. Science and inventions didn't really stop after the collapse of the roman empire either and the Byzantines as the heirs of rome didn't make it to the moon, they couldn't even manage to defend their heavily fortified capital just like Rome didn't even manage to withstand some rabble. The theory of evolution tells us that the empire simply wasn't fit enough for this world and had to go.
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    There are only few British people such as Beskar about whom I do not have the prejudice that they believe in British exceptionalism.
    And I will keep and nurture that prejudice until you can be lumped in with the greeks.
    Ah, but Beskar doesn't believe in identity - he doesn't believe in being British and therefore you can't use him as an example of anything the British believe.

    Your underlying belief in German exceptionalism might be interesting to discuss, though, or Kad's belief in Swedish exceptionalism, or Brenus' belief in French exceptionalism.

    I never said that, so yeah, dafuq?
    Oh yes you did - you said that Rome was not a good yardstick for Europe but "Europe" today is the area where Roman Christianity, East and West, survived. We consider North Africa to be separate from our "European" identity because it went Islamic and became "un Roman".

    It certainly had a great influence but so did germanic and other (e.g. celtic) tribal cultures which were simply mixed with the SPQR culture in most places. And yes, we kept quite a few ideas of the romans around for too long even.
    I challenge you to find germanic influences in modern Italy or Celtic influences in modern Greece - you won't. What you will find are Roman influences in modern Belgium and France, and also in Wales and Brittany.

    Rome is the common thread - that's why it's the "Treaty of Rome" and not the "Treaty of Paris".

    What, you thought it was an accident that the modern EU was signed into being, embryonically, in the Eternal City?

    Hardly. our modern republicanism is often more like a hidden oligarchy, the romans had a monarch instead of a proper republic most of the time, their science and teaching stuff was mostly stolen from the greeks anyway (the ones you don't want to be lumped in with) and is super outdated by now but was obviously flawed enough to stop itself from modernizing. Science and inventions didn't really stop after the collapse of the roman empire either and the Byzantines as the heirs of rome didn't make it to the moon, they couldn't even manage to defend their heavily fortified capital just like Rome didn't even manage to withstand some rabble. The theory of evolution tells us that the empire simply wasn't fit enough for this world and had to go.
    Roman Republicanism was a form of hidden oligarchy in just the same way, Hence the Res Publica was SPQR and nor PR. Britain has also had a monarch for most of its history, yet has also historically tended towards what was an oligarchic form of Republicanism - punctuated by period of autocracy.

    Britain is, of course, the other great influence on modern democratic thought aside from Rome.

    As to applying the theory of evolution governments and nations, isn't that a cornerstone of Nazi ideology? I'm pairly sure it is, the argument that the best government is the one best able to overcome its enemies. Clearly, Germany needs to change its education system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    if it weren't for your ancestors we would all have jet packs by now and Rome's Legions would be off conquering other planets!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Now, lets be clear. It is the fault of the Germans barbarians that the WRE fell, if it weren't for your ancestors we would all have jet packs by now and Rome's Legions would be off conquering other planets!
    As a Total war gamer you should be ashamed of yourself!

    While the Germanic tribes hammered the last nail into WRE's coffin, Rome had been in decline for over a century and had almost torn itself apart several times - they were doomed mostly due to their own politics and if the Germanic Tribes had not raided Rome someone else would have.

    I would also argue while the SPQR had a big effect on our culture, Christianity had a much bigger effect and it is a shared religion that ties us culturally together with the Germans and the rest of "Europe".

    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    The theory of evolution tells us that the empire simply wasn't fit enough for this world and had to go.
    Eh, while I agree with the gist of your sentiment, the Theory of evolution is a biological process and has no place describing political situations - Romes fall had nothing to do with evolution - instead it was a series of political mistakes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Moody View Post
    As a Total war gamer you should be ashamed of yourself!

    While the Germanic tribes hammered the last nail into WRE's coffin, Rome had been in decline for over a century and had almost torn itself apart several times - they were doomed mostly due to their own politics and if the Germanic Tribes had not raided Rome someone else would have.
    I suppose it depends on your perspective, you can look at Rome as perpetually falling, or you can see it as virtually indestructible - what with the formation of the Empire, the year of the Five Emperors, the Crisis of the Third Century, the fall of the ERE, the Sassanids Wars, the Rise of Islam, the Turks, the Fourth Crusade...

    This society survived for two thousand years, even though the centre eventually migrated from Rome to Constantinople that's still extraordinary. Then, on top of that, when the political structure collapsed then the West the society didn't. Despite waves of invasions and immigration the only province of the WRE where people do not speak Vulgar Latin today are Britannia where society actually DID collapse and Illyria.

    I would also argue while the SPQR had a big effect on our culture, Christianity had a much bigger effect and it is a shared religion that ties us culturally together with the Germans and the rest of "Europe".
    Well, the form of Christianity that survived was the form officially sponsored by the Emperor, and that Christianity was a vehicle for Roman ideas and even Roman technology, so I'm not sure they can be separated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Despite waves of invasions and immigration the only province of the WRE where people do not speak Vulgar Latin today are Britannia where society actually DID collapse and Illyria.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post

    Your underlying belief in German exceptionalism might be interesting to discuss, though, or Kad's belief in Swedish exceptionalism, or Brenus' belief in French exceptionalism.
    DUDE!!

    I generally think well of you, but that was just sad..

    Whenever have I been a Swedish exceptionalist?

    I mean, I have lived most of my adult life in Austria, I have dual citizenship... I think Austria is on the right track and I think Sweden is on the wrong track.

    I have never, like ever, said a word about Swedes being superior.

    BETTER at some issues, sure. But generally saying I believe in Swedish exceptionalism? Puh-Leeze...

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    What about Pannonia, Transalpine Gaul and African coast provinces?
    I forgot to qualify with "not conquered by Muslims" which is why they speak Arabic rather than Vandal Latin in Africa now, and I said Illyria, by which I meant the greater region including Pannonia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    I forgot to qualify with "not conquered by Muslims" which is why they speak Arabic rather than Vandal Latin in Africa now, and I said Illyria, by which I meant the greater region including Pannonia.

    Sorry.
    And Transalpine Gaul a part of which is now more or less Switzerland?
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    A contentious proposal from one First Nation leader:

    http://aptn.ca/news/2015/06/29/new-a...venue-sharing/

    He might even be right...but really, is any provincial gov't going to sign over a portion of resource revenue as the Native Cut? Might be a place to start a dialogue in any case.

    Some movement by the province:

    http://aptn.ca/news/2015/06/29/new-a...venue-sharing/

    Not resource revenue sharing, but an aid to reserve based business out of general revenue.
    No admission of any requirement, treaty or otherwise, to extend such funding; safer from a political perspective.
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    And Transalpine Gaul a part of which is now more or less Switzerland?
    Yeah, but it's French and Italian speaking.
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    Yeah, but it's French and Italian speaking.
    There is also Rhaetian, but most of it is German speaking.
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    It's official, even if barely reported within Canada; the gov't apparently did engage in "cultural genocide" according to the Supreme Court:

    http://aptn.ca/news/2015/05/29/canad...enous-peoples/
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    Well that's a big stack of no shit sherlock. What do you think assimilation actually means?
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    Call me when they admit to actual genocide.
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    They would've had to commit some first. We followed British not Yank norms with how First Nations were treated in the 19th century.
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    Well it is an attempt to extirpate the language(s), beliefs(s) and cultural practices of an entire racially defined group of people.
    People were re-located on a massive scale to achieve these goals; and large numbers of people died as a result.
    Even people who submitted were regularly starved and denied services.
    Genocide is a tricky thing to define; especially when the people assessing the classification, are the very people accused of carrying out the deed.

    At the very least we are looking at treaty violations; the courts have already upheld the treaties (where they exist) as legal, binding and having force in law.
    It may take another 4 centuries for the cases to wind through the courts, but the government will lose, again.
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    Forced assimilation is wrong from a human rights perspective, especially when the victims are natives and not immigrants. Dictating how people should speak, think, dress, and identify themselves in order to create "national unity" is fascist, in the literal sense of the term. The difference between the Nazis and the Canadian government was that unlike the Nazis, the Canadians believed the First Nations' inferiority was not inherent and could be taught out of them. Trying to destroy a culture is not as brutal as killing people on an industrial scale but the goals are similar. It is an attempt to extinguish a group of people.

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    Well it is an attempt to extirpate the language(s), beliefs(s) and cultural practices of an entire racially defined group of people.
    People were re-located on a massive scale to achieve these goals; and large numbers of people died as a result.
    Even people who submitted were regularly starved and denied services.
    I've highlighted the bits that I think are actually important.

    The difference between the Nazis and the Canadian government was that unlike the Nazis, the Canadians believed the First Nations' inferiority was not inherent and could be taught out of them. Trying to destroy a culture is not as brutal as killing people on an industrial scale but the goals are similar. It is an attempt to extinguish a group of people.
    Extinguish in that context means kill, which you just said the canadians werent trying to do.
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    Extinguish in that context means kill, which you just said the canadians werent trying to do.
    If an ethnic group is forced to assimilate and no-one identifies as belonging to that group anymore the ethnicity ceases to exist. It's extinguished.
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    "We followed British not Yank norms" Not sure it is really a good model:
    http://www.landscapeofgrandpre.ca/de...ndash1810.html
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    As opposed to the French model? No ones colonial undertakings were clean and happy fun time for all.
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    "As opposed to the French model?" Nope. French Colonial Past is not one to be proud of. What about to find a new approach?

    You see, I was not aware of this old ethnic cleansing, really. It happened that I discovered recently Cajun and Cadian music, so with it the deportation of the French populations by the English. And from U-tube to U-tube song, I discover as, even now, the deed feeling of the French origin population run deep. They still song how the English came to burn, pillage and rape. And you can see the crowd reacting about it.
    So, perhaps it is time to heal at least these old wounds.

    And one of the first step is to end this claim that "our" country was a model in dealing with conquered populations, native or not...
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    "I've been in few famous last stands, lad, and they're butcher shops. That's what Blouse's leading you into, mark my words. What'll you lot do then? We've had a few scuffles, but that's not war. Think you'll be man enough to stand, when the metal meets the meat?"
    "You did, sarge", said Polly." You said you were in few last stands."
    "Yeah, lad. But I was holding the metal"
    Sergeant Major Jackrum 10th Light Foot Infantery Regiment "Inns-and-Out"

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    Default Re: Canada's Ugly Secret

    It's interesting that Canada's "ugly bits" tend to arise when we attempt to shoehorn the country into an "British" "French" or "American" colonial model.
    We seem to do best when we follow the Native/Metis model of finding away to live together on the land.
    Ja-mata TosaInu

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