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11 Aug 2005, 4:05 am

Andrew Carnegie the well known psychopath who sweated thousands to death and then bought social acceptance with charity work also came from Scotland.

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11 Aug 2005, 4:06 am

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Sweet Avatar Vertivert! ((me hasn't been around for a while))

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11 Aug 2005, 4:14 am

still off topic - apologies...

GalileoAce wrote:

OFF Topic:

Sweet Avatar Vertivert! ((me hasn't been around for a while))

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thank you, GA. it's me!

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11 Aug 2005, 4:14 am

The current major public issue in New Zealand is this:

If you copulate with your family pet, is that still inbreeding. It's split the nation in half - people are getting into really heated arguments about it over here.

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11 Aug 2005, 4:16 am

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I dunno, I reckon one of Canada's greatest achievments would be not being subsumed into the US.

It was bad weather that stopped the American forces offensives during the American Revolution and the War of 1812 more than Canadian military might (if any).

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11 Aug 2005, 4:16 am

TANGENT WARNING

vetivert wrote:

still off topic - apologies...

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OFF Topic:

Sweet Avatar Vertivert! ((me hasn't been around for a while))

GA

thank you, GA. it's me!

Wings and all?

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11 Aug 2005, 5:01 am

natch.

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11 Aug 2005, 4:53 pm

Captain_Brain wrote:

OMG!! !

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11 Aug 2005, 10:14 pm

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In America, the city that the Declaration of Independence was signed in isn't even the city we'd even dream of it being signed in.
Especially since Philadelphia isn't the capital of the United States, I find that very interesting.

The fact that the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia makes perfect sense. In 1776 Philadelphia had the highest population of any city on the continent, and was much more economically and politically important than New York or Boston. If you're going to start a rebellion it makes sense to go where the power-brokers are to be found. As an interesting aside, this seems to be a recurring theme in world politics. When the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China met after the end of WWII to plan the overthrow of the Kuomintang government they went to Shanghai instead of Beijing.

The fact that Philadelphia is not the capital today makes even more sense. Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States granted Congress the right to establish a federal district, the intent of which was to prevent any one state from having disproportionate influence over the federal government through the application of state laws. Australia did the same thing by establishing the Australian Capital Territory independent of the surrounding state of NSW so that Canberra would not fall under state jurisdiction.

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11 Aug 2005, 10:19 pm

GalileoAce wrote:

I dunno, I reckon one of Canada's greatest achievments would be not being subsumed into the US.

They actually planned for that eventuality. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union ratified in 1781 contained a clause that defined the requirements for a state to accede to the union. That clause specifically pre-approved Canada for membership in the USA. Of course, that all went into the trash when the AoCaPU was replaced by the Constitution of the United States in 1788. Now we would have to go grovel for acceptance just like anyone else. :-)

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11 Aug 2005, 10:47 pm

Sean wrote:

GalileoAce wrote:

This has turned from "Post something NICE about YOUR country" to "Find something BAD about SOMEONE else's country"

...Like nobody else saw that this was going to turn into a patriotic pissing contest... :roll:

Did I win?

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11 Aug 2005, 10:53 pm

Jetson wrote:

Australia did the same thing by establishing the Australian Capital Territory independent of the surrounding state of NSW so that Canberra would not fall under state jurisdition.

That's sorta half right. Orignally the Federal Parliment was going to be in either Sydney or Melbourne, the two most important/biggest/etc cities at the time (arguably they still are). But the issue could not be resolved adequately without one side feeling snubbed. So the city of Canberra was created, sorta half-way between Melbourne and Sydney. This became the seat of federal power.
I believe the ACT was created later for the reasons you state.

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11 Aug 2005, 11:35 pm

During the American Revolutionary War, Philadelphia was in fact the largest city with an English-speaking population in the world, greater than New York or even London.

The best thing about Canberra for NSW people is that you just have to go across the border to get all your fireworks, pornographic and political needs fulfilled!

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12 Aug 2005, 9:37 am

nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Sean wrote:

GalileoAce wrote:

This has turned from "Post something NICE about YOUR country" to "Find something BAD about SOMEONE else's country"

...Like nobody else saw that this was going to turn into a patriotic pissing contest... :roll:

Did I win?

Of course. If you've ever seen any movies you will know that the Americans always win.

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12 Aug 2005, 1:41 pm

There isnt any ice bears running around in the streets!

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13 Aug 2005, 8:34 am

now why didnt anyone say something like "we ride kangaroos to work" as most people say when this kinda discussion gets going jokes, my friends used to find it amusing going to chatrooms and say that. geeezzz, you couldave even said that Shark Bay has the oldest stromatolites (no idea how to spell it, but those things) living anywhere in the world! yeah thats right come to WA

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