Re: CHAT: national identity

Tom Wier wrote:

>Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>
> > In the Netherlands (and as far as I know in the rest of the European
> > Union),
>
>This is somewhat of an aside, but I've noticed that several of y'all seem
>to refer to yourselves as members of the European Union, rather than
>constituent members of your own countries.  Does this reflect a general
>attitude at present in Europe that people there are more and more first
>Europeans, and then only later French or Dutch or Germans, much as most
>Americans, as opposed to 100 or 150 years ago, now consider themselves
>first Americans, and then only later members of a particular state?
I'm different; I joke around and tell others, "I'm not American; I'm Texan."

Danny


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