I have no idea what you are talking about. Did you really not understand anything I wrote? Why would you ask about NZ then, if it's indistinguishable from the US, Canada, Australia.....? You really think the US is like England? When you think of Australia and England, or England and even Ireland or Scotland, then they are all exactly the same to you?gaffo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:57 am??????????vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:46 am
NZ has it's own cultural identity, just as the US does, and Canada, and Australia.....Or it once did.
you saying that NZ used to have a separate identity?
same with Australia, canada and America?..............
I never viewed Canada, Australia or Britain as having an identity from my nation (america) - not since I was around - the 1970's and after.
we share the same culture having a shared foundational history.
I welcome clarification on this view (I really do - value learning, include views about your NZ).
i'm ok with agreeing to dissagree - my ego can manage - lol.
we might have to agree to dissagree here. i take a long view on this things and think cultural change take centuries myself.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:46 am Countries don't take long to develop a unique identity and character.
just my view on the matter.
ok, how so. I value learning more. always like NZ (mostly from what i know of its weather - like Scotland, Pacific Northwest (i'm in love with Washington/Oregon).vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:46 am It's nothing like England's or the rest of the UK's. Possibly closer to somewhere like Norway, but even then not really.
I am - 2 yrs ago I'd have no reservations saying so - but with Trump now, i say so with regret and shame ;-/.
Of course a country carves out it's own identity fairly quickly. Remember, it's often made up of people who WANTED to leave wherever they came from. Kiwis didn't all come from England you know. That's not where my roots are.