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Originally Posted by Brigid
Sure. I guess where I'm coming from is that as an Australian, I am sick and tired of having institutionalised guilt for a British Imperialistic past being hoisted on my people. Perhaps this doesn't even happen in England, I don't know. But here it is rampant in our school system and our media, and it is very effective. This whole occupation of Ireland issue is not really relevant to me. We all have our own issues which dictate our perceptions... you interpret this article regarding the English as relating directly to the relations between Ireland and England, I see it differently. And you're right that I am quite indifferent really to the whole occupation of Ireland situation. I don't really see it as any of my business.
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Brigid, it is more than a little annoying that after all these posts, it turns out you are not really much concerned with England or the nations living in the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Instead, you’re concerned with the position of Anglo-Celts in Australia. Well that really wasn’t the topic, was it?
I honestly wish the old-stock Australians all the best, but what do your comments have to do with England and its future or the future of Great Britain and Ireland? I have more affinity for the British Empire than most people here at Stirpes (the competition in that category is not fierce) but Australia is not in Europe. If it was it would compete in UEFA and the Eurovision song contest like Israel.
