And the italians? I m french but I sure look a lot more like an Italian than a german. The mongrel nature of Britain is common for all multi border countries..

And the italians? I m french but I sure look a lot more like an Italian than a german. The mongrel nature of Britain is common for all multi border countries... and many are even Germany or Spain. I think we should really define countries by language, mountain and seas rather than blood, and frankly even those are shaky and changing. Maybe the best definition of a country is the largest geographical gradient that could sustain influence from a gigantic power centre without succumbing to another (for me, Paris, for the brits, London)?