Re: Political Orientation
Actually, I was speaking about character.
One thing that I've found interesting about many island peoples is that they are not as fond of the sea as you would expect.
You would think that they look at the sea like a resource for them. Instead, the sea has always been a source of problems to them, be it because invaders came through it or because it took the lifes of their fishermen.
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'Dardanidae duri, quae uos a stirpe parentum
prima tulit tellus, eadem uos ubere laeto
accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem:
hic domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris,
et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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