I enjoyed reading that, Marc, thanks.
But communities like nations are fabrications, really. Not many
people (:-)) have volunteered to be born the nationality that they
are and to opt out once you have lived the nationality is pretty
difficult for most.
I was born in India and lived in many different countries before
settling in the UK -- I spent only a few months at a time in the UK
before I left school (indeed I was educated in Aden, Bahrain and
Singapore until I was 9). I have travelled the world and I want now
to remain in the UK because I have seen enough other places and
communities to know that, for all its faults, it's the best place to be.
And, a propos your quote, you might wish to try a book "Shadow of the
Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I haven't finished it yet, but the quote
reminded me of it.
Chris
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C M I Barker
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On 11 Mar 2007, at 09:02, Marc Lawrence wrote:
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> It grinds me down after a while. I think it's more important to
> be me than it is to be Australian, but it's bloody hard to be
> authentic me when being an authentic Australian is a "LOVE IT
> OR LEAVE IT" proposition amongst more and more "Aussie" company.
>
> To pervert a Ballard quote "In a completely normal world, madness
> is the only freedom".
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