tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post4573379610366995875..comments2023-10-25T00:57:45.651+10:30Comments on Wombat's Waffles: Pondering the problem of dualityDavohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-52518390517869382202017-01-07T22:07:50.625+10:302017-01-07T22:07:50.625+10:30Earlier in the piece when referred to as a Pommy B...Earlier in the piece when referred to as a Pommy B occasionally or in malice resulted in a fat lip for the perpetrator; usually a simple minded bludger galah.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-41750785559768921962016-12-10T17:45:06.448+10:302016-12-10T17:45:06.448+10:30However, have said before; and will say again - ba...However, have said before; and will say again - basic, physical landmass sustainable resources (water, mostly) - CANNOT sustain many more population...Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-37749735633039343402016-12-10T14:05:39.073+10:302016-12-10T14:05:39.073+10:30Good comment Natalie. Perhaps was musing (and yep,...Good comment Natalie. Perhaps was musing (and yep, at my age i can) about "Nationalities" ... in the sense of who - what - would one be prepared to fight, and <b><i>die</i></b> for?<br /><br />Self has no real concept of what "war" truly means. Australia, as a land, escaped the horrors of Europe 1934-45. Even now, what am seeing on the TV about what is the total destruction ofDavohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-61278058254073916612016-12-10T13:29:56.562+10:302016-12-10T13:29:56.562+10:30Davoh, speaking only for myself, it is quite possi...Davoh, speaking only for myself, it is quite possible to be more than one nationality, or none. Circumstances originating long before my birth arranged that my father was Russian, my mother French and that I lived in and spoke languages of at least 4 different countries before the age of 10 (France, Paraguay, Brazil, USA) and from then on would add several more countries (Italy, Mexico, Canada, Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-18831049479524248922016-12-10T01:44:18.524+10:302016-12-10T01:44:18.524+10:30Anne ... if i look at the ancient migrations into ...Anne ... if i look at the ancient migrations into what we now call "the Americas" your 'first nations' came from what we now call 'Siberia'.<br /><br />(and no, but yep, tempted to make an obscure jest - ' from the gulag, so shall ye return' ..).<br /><br />Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-21436434868242095232016-12-10T00:35:47.066+10:302016-12-10T00:35:47.066+10:30Anne, to be honest, people are who they think they...Anne, to be honest, people are who they think they are. Was listening to our local (publicly funded - so far the Murdoch minions are almost in control) ABC radio station the other day. Conversations with some of our 'youngish immigrants" .. Question - what do you think <br /> "Australian values are?". They floundered for an answer.<br />Eventually one came up with " you Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-66877442386712575802016-12-10T00:17:19.634+10:302016-12-10T00:17:19.634+10:30Welcome to Womby's drivel, John. Have had a sq...Welcome to Womby's drivel, John. Have had a squizz at yer site and might hafta figure out a way to put it on this side bar .. gah, 'technology'... mehDavohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-87668416723027391182016-12-07T11:06:38.994+10:302016-12-07T11:06:38.994+10:30I tell my African American students that their anc...I tell my African American students that their ancestors came to America before most white people. They are the Americanest of immigrant Americans ... so yeah, why that Africa part?Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-73220237872033170692016-12-07T08:51:35.133+10:302016-12-07T08:51:35.133+10:30Some people need to know their past at the same ti...Some people need to know their past at the same time celebrating their present <br />It's all about belongingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com