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| RE: Tell me, where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head? | la garçâ malpadert | June 06, 2006 - 17:54 | | Andy | June 06, 2006 - 18:50 |
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Parent message | | la garçâ malpadert | June 06, 2006 - 17:54 |
| I'd love to answer that, if you'll forgive the butting-in.(#26956), posted by Andy, [IP Hidden], June 06, 2006 - 18:50. Viewed 123 times. |
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Andy
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Citizen #22:
Miestrâ Schivâ | > A question: exactly why did you join Talossa and not some other micronation? What is it about Talossa that makes it better than the run of the mill, in your opinion?
I know that wasn't directed to me, but when I saw it I had to think about it for .14 seconds before the answer was clear-- it was because of the people involved. Not the language, the territorial claims, or the "pageantry." Many have been drawn by the language and then stayed for the people. Few, if any, were ever serious about claiming land that, in reality, belonged to them anyway, and stayed for the others involved. The pageantry (by which I mean the politics and the monarchy) attracted some, too, and some of those folks stayed for their newfound peers as well.
Are you having a different experience?
Andy
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| | President Anglatzarâ | June 07, 2006 - 03:29 |
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Parent message | | Andy | June 06, 2006 - 18:50 |
| RE: I'd love to answer that, if you'll forgive the butting-in.(#26972), posted by President Anglatzarâ, [IP Hidden], June 07, 2006 - 03:29. Viewed 117 times. |
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President Anglatzarâ
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Citizen #22:
Miestrâ Schivâ | > > A question: exactly why did you join Talossa and not some other micronation? What is it about Talossa that makes it better than the run of the mill, in your opinion?
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> I know that wasn't directed to me, but when I saw it I had to think about it for .14 seconds before the answer was clear-- it was because of the people involved. Not the language, the territorial claims, or the "pageantry." Many have been drawn by the language and then stayed for the people. Few, if any, were ever serious about claiming land that, in reality, belonged to them anyway, and stayed for the others involved. The pageantry (by which I mean the politics and the monarchy) attracted some, too, and some of those folks stayed for their newfound peers as well.
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> Are you having a different experience?
Partly. I joined because it is a perfect mock-up country, with territory, a foreign language, parliament, political parties. In equal measure, I specifically never joined Penguinea/Polyphony because it was yet another of an endless number of virtual debating socities trying to develop a perfect direct democracy. This is the literal truth, not something I'm making up to further some sort of argument.
On the other hand, had it not been for the people, I wouldn't have stayed on either. Sometimes, though, I think the trappings of a nation are more important than the specific people to me. I don't know. Both are vital.
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