NationStates

Deoraby wrote:

The Realm of God wrote:
That's also true. Apparently two wrongs make a right, so apprently, we Scots should have special rights at the expense of the English. People don't understand that this is terribly wrong and leads to resentment.

I'm just throwing this out there, but the English (and I am English) have given those people reasons to resent them. And those who support nationalism in their respective countries, such as Scotland and Ireland, typically already resent the English.

As a Scot I have NO reason to resent you at all.

Astrolinium wrote:

Alexlantis wrote:I agree with you on government working better on a local level, but pride in a nation isn't what I'm going for. It should be pride in themselves, their families, their friends, their communities. Although pride in one's nation can be helpful sometimes, it creates hate and violence more often than it does peace and cooperation.

I don't necessarily want cooperation except within the nation. I want cooperation in order that We might compete with Them and thus produce something extraordinary through efforts driven by the two most powerful emotions - love and fear.

Fear comes from ignorance, misunderstandings, and can easily devolve into hatred, and violence.

Think about the meanings of words, you really want hatred, misunderstanding, violence? No, you want peace, compassion, cooperation.

Yuktova wrote:

Astrolinium wrote:
Your views make me gag as well.

Competition has serious health effects.
It is no measure of health to be well adapted to a proudly sick society. I'd say you're pretty well adapted to our psychosocial systems.

You should make a thread on this. It might be interesting.

Well I will now turn to the general page to stare at it until the next thread comes up in hopes for the first non-nathicana post.

Noobubersland wrote:

H-Alba wrote:Anglo-Saxon may not have a revival, but Gaelic and Gaels still face discrimination in today's society. How many "Anglo-Saxon" speakers do?

All of them, there are no signs or government newsletter that are written in Anglo-Saxon, do you have any signs in Gaelic? I'm sure you do

Anglo-Saxon didn't die out in the sense that a lot of native languages in North America did. It merely transformed, over time, into the language we're speaking now.

Dyakovo wrote:

Dread Lady Nathicana wrote:OMG I may be around for this one! NO WAY!

There's been a wild Nathi sighting!

*tosses a Pokeball at wild Nathi*

Trollgaard wrote:

Lackadaisical2 wrote:I have no problem with being violent then.

Damn right! That quote, and the beliefs behind it are disgusting and naive.

Aye, it seems to me to put myself as being owned by the human race or something. While I do have human-pride, the idea that there aren't divisions... seems to undercut individualism to an extent.

Noobubersland wrote:

H-Alba wrote:Anglo-Saxon may not have a revival, but Gaelic and Gaels still face discrimination in today's society. How many "Anglo-Saxon" speakers do?

All of them, there are no signs or government newsletter that are written in Anglo-Saxon, do you have any signs in Gaelic? I'm sure you do

Yes, we may have signs that have been put up fairly recently, and the Scottish government might be trying to fix things, but that does not excuse the behaviours carried over from the Highland Clearances to today's society.

Yuktova wrote:

Alexlantis wrote:Peaceful revolution is not unheard of. However, violent revolution should only be used as a last resort.

I'm not talking about revolution. I'm talking about societal evolution. Societies do not stagnant. That's a lie they teach you in school. They change all the time.

We need to evolve to realize that there are technical solutions to the real problems facing the world today. We need to apply the scientific methods in society.

I'd be careful about applying the scientific method to society, lest you create social Darwinism. I'm all for fixing things when they don't work and using science to improve production of food and raise the standard of living, but I'm drawing the line at using the scientific method to "improve humans". It rings too much of 1984.

Astrolinium wrote:

Alexlantis wrote:I agree with you on government working better on a local level, but pride in a nation isn't what I'm going for. It should be pride in themselves, their families, their friends, their communities. Although pride in one's nation can be helpful sometimes, it creates hate and violence more often than it does peace and cooperation.

I don't want cooperation except within the nation. I want cooperation in order that We might compete with Them and thus produce something extraordinary through efforts driven by the two most powerful emotions - love and fear.

Who is Them? Them should not be other people, if such people are not a force for evil. Them should only be that which creates poverty, that which restricts freedom, and that which spreads ignorance.

Your thoughts scare me, Astro.

Lackadaisical2 wrote:

Duck Duck Evolution wrote:Rawr.

Pretty soon I will be certified by the State of NY to go kill things.

Like bunnies and stuff?

Trollgaard wrote:

Yuktova wrote:Competition has serious health effects.
It is no measure of health to be well adapted to a proudly sick society. I'd say you're pretty well adapted to our psychosocial systems.

You should make a thread on this. It might be interesting.

I've tried.

Needless to say, everyone rejects hat I have to say, even if I'm correct.

Deoraby wrote:

The Realm of God wrote:That's also true. Apparently two wrongs make a right, so apprently, we Scots should have special rights at the expense of the English. People don't understand that this is terribly wrong and leads to resentment.

I'm just throwing this out there, but the English (and I am English) have given those people reasons to resent them. And those who support nationalism in their respective countries, such as Scotland and Ireland, typically already resent the English.

Through what? They have all the benefits of being part of the Largest Empire the world has every seen, they didn't have to work for it, and they get their own languages subsidized by the government which hurts the English speaking population English

Yuktova wrote:

Trollgaard wrote:
You should make a thread on this. It might be interesting.

I've tried.

Needless to say, everyone rejects hat I have to say, even if I'm correct.

Correct about what?

I'm on the midnight train to Georgia, bitches.

This'll be one to remember. For the first time since joining, I put on one of the last posts on an Eternal thread!

"you guys drive me to stupidity..."
I love this teacher...

Duck Duck Evolution wrote:

Lackadaisical2 wrote:Pretty soon I will be certified by the State of NY to go kill things.

Like bunnies and stuff?

Maybe deer and waterfowl too, if I take that course.

Monlyth wrote:This'll be one to remember. For the first time since joining, I put on one of the last posts on an Eternal thread!

Me too!

Monlyth wrote:This'll be one to remember. For the first time since joining, I put on one of the last posts on an Eternal thread!

Norstal wrote:I'm on the midnight train to Georgia, bitches.

How is NSG's Super Asian Warrior doing?

H-Alba wrote:

Noobubersland wrote:All of them, there are no signs or government newsletter that are written in Anglo-Saxon, do you have any signs in Gaelic? I'm sure you do

Yes, we may have signs that have been put up fairly recently, and the Scottish government might be trying to fix things, but that does not excuse the behaviours carried over from the Highland Clearances to today's society.

I don't resent the English in any way for the HC. It was 300 years ago!

Norstal wrote:I'm on the midnight train to Georgia, bitches.

Hey Norstal!

Individuality-ness wrote:

Dyakovo wrote:


There's been a wild Nathi sighting!

*tosses a Pokeball at wild Nathi*

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