@GeocacherB Yes, but that's not quite the same thing. I wouldn't want to be joined with India, but that doesn't mean we couldn't find common identity or common consent. It just means culturally we are considerably different.
@GeocacherB I am absolutely sure that years ago they would argue that the tribes couldn't be united, that they were too different, and here we are. All united and not thinking twice about it.
@GeocacherB They probably said this Island couldn't be united, and yet that happened. Forcibly, but look at NI and then try and understand national identity as a result of that.
@GeocacherB If we were attacked by an alien race, I suspect some people would not be talking about national identity for very long. They'd end up valuing their humanity, which is how it should be.
@GeocacherB We'd have common purpose, the artificial divides would no longer be separating our perception of difference in so many areas, and that doesn't mean there won't be differences, but the idea that we can't have common interest, identity, or consent, that's nonsense.
