Monday, May 21st, 2007
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 16,253
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Re: How do you see your Nation, ideally ?
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Originally Posted by Theobald
I think I have some knowledge of this Franco-Germanic border (which isn't really one anyway...) as I live here and can almost see the Rhine river from my window; and I can say that there is no problem whatsoever between French and German citizens unlike what some deluded imperialists would like to believe.
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Hardly surprising. Such things occur in the mind of a reduced number of people in an already reduced world. And the interborder conflicts usually happen in the capitals of the countries, often far away from the regions in conflict.
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