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Post by UK on Jul 28, 2010 16:59:44 GMT -5
Wait..what? I'm going to interpret that as how my mind reads it.
UK ruled India, and then gave India it's independence. The Commonwealth is made up of countries that used to be part of the British Empire, (or have very lovely neighbours, in the case of Mozambique and Rwanda), and as Commonwealth members, they're all supposed to be equal.
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Post by mamauk on Jul 28, 2010 17:23:41 GMT -5
Yeah. That's what I was talking about.
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Post by Australia on Jul 28, 2010 19:07:14 GMT -5
You joined the Commonwealth willingly. You're making it sound like I forced you into that. You TOOK MY LAND after declaring it terra nullius. It was kinda by default that we became part of the Commonwealth, and by then it was too late for my indigenous population to do anything. You did kill more than half of them y'know...
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Post by mamauk on Jul 28, 2010 20:08:20 GMT -5
You joined the Commonwealth willingly. You're making it sound like I forced you into that. You TOOK MY LAND after declaring it terra nullius. It was kinda by default that we became part of the Commonwealth, and by then it was too late for my indigenous population to do anything. You did kill more than half of them y'know... You're not that special. Heard of the trail of tears?
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Post by UK on Jul 29, 2010 2:46:32 GMT -5
You TOOK MY LAND after declaring it terra nullius. It was kinda by default that we became part of the Commonwealth, and by then it was too late for my indigenous population to do anything. You did kill more than half of them y'know... And, currently, you can opt out of the Commonwealth if you so wish to. Which you haven't done. Huh? The British didn't get independence through that, they basically lost gave away their former colonies.
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Post by Australia on Jul 29, 2010 8:05:16 GMT -5
You TOOK MY LAND after declaring it terra nullius. It was kinda by default that we became part of the Commonwealth, and by then it was too late for my indigenous population to do anything. You did kill more than half of them y'know... And, currently, you can opt out of the Commonwealth if you so wish to. Which you haven't done. Huh? The British didn't get independence through that, they basically lost gave away their former colonies. If the government would tell us exactly who's head will go onto the back of our coins, the people would be much happier to become a republic...in my humble opinion. ((personally, I like being part of the Commonwealth, but for the sake of presenting different aspects/viewpoints of Australia...))
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Post by UK on Jul 29, 2010 8:22:12 GMT -5
What, you mean you don't want the Queen as your head of state? Australia is like one of the first countries you'd think of when thinking of the Commonwealth.
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Post by Indonesia on Jul 29, 2010 8:23:04 GMT -5
You two still arguing here? ... interesting. Go on.
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Post by UK on Jul 29, 2010 8:40:35 GMT -5
We're not arguing. We're having an interesting conversation, is all
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Post by Indonesia on Jul 29, 2010 8:45:15 GMT -5
Right.... (sarcasm)
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Post by UK on Jul 29, 2010 8:52:39 GMT -5
Seriously.
I am not trying to argue with anyone. At all. So hah.
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Post by Indonesia on Jul 29, 2010 8:53:27 GMT -5
Oh well, indirectly arguing but fine. I consider this as moderate backtalk haha
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Post by UK on Jul 29, 2010 9:10:49 GMT -5
An interesting, fierce and, I think, productive discussion.
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Post by Indonesia on Jul 29, 2010 9:43:35 GMT -5
touche. Fair enough.
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Post by Australia on Jul 29, 2010 10:19:00 GMT -5
UK: The Queen has been reduced to a figurehead which we don't really need, because honestly, her grandsons get more attention than her in the tabloids here. ((true fact orz.)) And in regards to being the first country thought of in the Commonwealth...That's actually very true, because aside from New Zealand and myself I can't think of any other country off the top of my head. *sweatdrop*
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