Re: Rant: Defending Indonesian (was: Re: Newbie says hi)

Roger Mills scripsit:

> One can even argue (as they are
> indeed doing) whether Indonesia has any business being a "country".  But
> then, why Ghana, why Nauru?  And what is the alternative?
Well, that's one of the themes of Ill Bethisad: overlapping governmental
organizations.  It's quite common for your local state to belong to several
different federations, and sometimes federations within federations.
From the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) standpoint, for example, the mighty
North American League is just a white extension to their traditional
Council Fire that sends observers regularly.  France is a bipolar
country like Belgium here, and Britain is occupied by a confederacy of
three nations with a lot of internal autonomy.

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John Cowan       http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        <jcowan@...>
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  `Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)