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Now that's holding a grudge. Irredentism is a peculiar human drive that I've never fully understood.

• grecy 14y ago
  > Now that's holding a grudge. I'm going to guess you've never been to the area I'm talking about. If you saw how beautiful it is, you'd understand. I spent two years driving from Alsaka to Argentina, so I've seen a lot of the Americas. I choose to live here (right near the border) because I honestly think it's the most amazing please I saw in all of the Americas.
  • philwelch 14y ago
    Sure, but it was legally settled a century ago. That's like people from Texas being angry that they're no longer an independent country.
    • grecy 14y ago
      And what happens when people are unhappy with the way things are? They vote, they demonstrate, they organize. They try to make a difference. If enough people want something changed, it will be changed. Simply giving up because "that's the way it is" is no way to live life.
      • philwelch 14y ago
        But remaining bitter about century old US-Canadian border cessions is?
        • grecy 14y ago
          I didn't say anything about being biter. I said "still disputed by many Canadians". You don't have to be bitter to dispute something.
          • philwelch 14y ago
            In that case I dispute British Columbia. 54-40 or fight!
    • j_col 14y ago
      Ireland was not an independent country for 800 years, but we never gave up. You take a short view of history.