NationStates Jolt Archive

all these canadien military threads got me thinking.

looking at the west in general,the old europe,canada and the us...(i consider our auuzzie/new zealanders brothers as kinda british so no slight there.

it's kinda funny..old europe is(france,germany,uk,etc.)and remind me of an older brother....wise yet set in their ways,the first born favorite and convinced of their own wiseness.

canada...the middle brother,never in the way or ever taken that seriously,but liked.
sorta a minor inferiority thing going on(i am the middle kid..so i can relate)but not taken quite seriously.

u.s....the brash upstart...cocky and adventerous,thinks they are invincible yet is kinda loveable(again family reference)

it is just kinda funny to me how things are when you generalise.

i could probably elaborate a lot more,but i broke my wrist and it hurts to type to much.

allthough i will add..in a way..we are all family and from the same kinda backgrounds..the west that is..not that every person isn't my brother/sister in some way...but the west has almost a family tree thing going on,and i found the comparison between siblings interesting.

maybe we should all remember that we are all kinda from the same family,i am of irish and italian background,my wife was irish and french...which makes my 2 kids another branch on the tree.

anyone care to elaborate on my admittedly thin comparisons to family?

not only is my wrist hurting,but i am tired and drunk..so i really dont want to think too hard..just something light i guess.

thanks all.

Who's the crazy uncle? Russia?

Mexico is the cousin who fell in with the wrong crowd and is kind of scary but fun and you only get to see from time to time on Holidays?

i consider our auuzzie/new zealanders brothers as kinda british so no slight there.
Hmm...

Hmm...

I think it's sharing a monarch that does it.

Who's the crazy uncle? Russia?

Mexico is the cousin who fell in with the wrong crowd and is kind of scary but fun and you only get to see from time to time on Holidays?


The problem with Mexico is that Mexico's culture was basically formed out of the Native American cultures which were completely raped by the Europeans and had really confused, sad, abused children.