que sería, in re - #reply-19641755
Would that be a beauty contest, or an ugly contest -g- ... our conception of borders comes from long before great changes in transport and communications, which will continue to challenge the whole idea, no matter who is on whose land ... people have always moved around, it's natural, a study of language relationships will show this ... example, there are clear parallels between finno-hungarian and the tamil language of Ceylon - now that's a long walk
It is one thing to migrate, it is another to invade in armed force .... that Castro is what he is does not make excuse enough for continued military occupation of Guantánamo - it is clear how cubanos in general feel on this question, the same way they have always felt .... it is also completely clear where lie the borders of an island nation - at a point a little beyond where the land ends and the sea begins, punto
Mexicanos have handled defeat reasonably well ... compare with the indigenous of Palestine, for instance .... meantime anglos have conceded the slavery issue, their treatment of the brown man has improved greatly over the last three decades, maybe we're all on a roll, certainly we could have done worse
There is México the physical territory, and México the idea .... we live here comfortably in the latter, north of the forty-ninth parallel, and we don't see the remainder of the former currently threatened [from its exterior, anyway], don't think much about the former, take it for granted as long as it is not threatened, so meanwhile it is probably the latter that is more important .... that we will likely retire to the former is due more maybe to relative temperatures, the fact that mangos grow more easily there, and you don't have to chop near as much firewood .... and there is family, of course
Ultimately the answer is, we all marry each other's sisters .... that's how tribes have always made peace between themselves, banded together to form nations, it is a useful step as it makes necessary the rule of law for dealing with all the resulting in-laws .... and if we can accomplish that, we have got it made .... happy new year ... cheers |
