How determine who is Indiginous., page-9

thank you for the clear and concise definition

I agree with that.

Where I find things odd and in most cases bad is where nations have rules about who gets a passport and who keeps it etc..

I fail to understand how a kid can be born somewhere -------- just an example, say New Zealand ----------- born in NZ and lives in NZ for at least a little while - say a year or two

to me - that kid is a kiwi

now, I get it that if the kid is teleported to Vietnam at age 2 and then lives there until say - 40 years old - I get it that they could be called Vietnamese also

but, still - in my opinion - yes the kid is Vietnamese and should be seen as such - but, is also kiwi and should be seen as such if required by the kid

it's a confusing thing - different in all parts of the world. I find it hard to grasp because I'm a bit different to most - I kind of relate to being earthling ---------

I feel that if I were out for drinks in Cosmos 407 and someone asked me where I came from - I'd say ------- Universe 5b, Planet Earth

I wouldn't say - oh, I'm Australian.

I also feel no home attachment to anywhere in particular - normally it's where I am at the time. Clearly I'm Aussie - born, bred and culturally, but, atm I'd be very happy to be called French - because it's where I am - it's (difficult to describe) ----------- very comfortable. I love the countryside, I love the things one can buy, eat, drink, do

it's not unaustralian ------- in fact all the places that I've really loved - do pretty much exactly the same things that Aussies do - just some are done better.

like, going for a drink, or many at the end of the day in Vietnam - isn't all that much different to Oz - (yes, of course it's totally different in many ways too)

because all of a sudden at a time of day - people start appearing at places (which magically appear out of nowhere) - they order drinks - which often arrive in 'cases' ------ they got that one worked out better than Oz -

they sit about drinking LOTS of beer, they laugh, they tell stories, they maintain strong bonds, they eat stuff

so do Aussies

so do the French

so, I felt really comfortable in Vietnam and I feel really comfortable in France - interestingly enough safer in both of those (generally) than Oz, but of course - it depends on where you are.


So out in Cosmos 407 -- if someone asked 'what do you do at the end of the day' ----------- I'd tell em that we get together, we drink beer or in some places have 'aperitiv'

but, in the end - it's the same kind of thingy ------------ people socialising, skylarking and drinking grog


on nationality - it's interesting. People of the world - some carry their birth nationality, some don't --

try telling someone born in Ireland that they aren't Irish