It's true that a government need not have the same culture as the people to have legitimacy. However.... it is a requirement that the government represents the people (in all situations). For a govt. to represent the people it must also represent and protect the culture of the people to be democratic. Otherwise it is opposed to the people and invites rebellion. Apart from that you've got it right.
I'm trying to tell people that if they elect an external government that does not have the same culture and therefore the same biases as them, then they have betrayed themselves and the situation will be detrimental to their interests. That they will not be happy with the outcome and finally that they will rebel and seek an indigenous replacement as is happening in W. Papua now. When I say the same biases, I mean also the bias of centrality; where the indigenous people are central to the determinations of the govt.
It's a matter of works and what doesn't.
True, but any govt. must generally conform to the wishes of the people it governs or else it will be voted out of officeoverthrowninvite serious rebellion. So a govt. is not only sovereign rule, but rule in accordance with the wishes of the people it governs. Apart from that you've got it right.
Well, stuff you too. Your selective argument is reduced by your callous disregard for conflicting facts. This is for the entire ng to see. There is more than one form of abuse to which I object.
By the same token you claim that he has a profound ignorance of the region when he patently has not. Apart from that you've got it right.
And for several thousand years their culture has blended with the Melanesian culture so that today it is indistinguishable to the casual observer. (that would be my observation)
British IS a cultural idenbreasty. Australia (a legal British enbreasty) was founded by the British. Australia was governed by the British until 1901. We were all British citizens until 1901. The Anglo-Saxons and Celts were united under the Crown as one nation. For centuries these people built an empire that was the epitome of culture and power. The Anglo-Saxon and the Celts each kept their own cultures as they saw fit. That is our cultural idenbreasty. It is inclusive of both unity and diversity under the Crown. A situation which persists today in Australia, Canada, the UK, and other nations. There are 18 million entries from Google under British culture.
So? Australia is a noun identifying a country.
Yes I noticed that and disagree with it's usage on cultural and legal grounds. The correct usage should be that the UK describes all the old countries except the Rep. of Ireland. Whereas Britain should pertain to all the British Isles incl. Ireland.
Your entire purpose is to wipe the existence of the British Empire from history in Australia. Sorry old chum, but you are genocidal since it is my culture and heritage that you are attempting to wipe from collective memory. You are either a disloyal and criminal wog or a lefty or both. Even the govt.s Harmony website exhorts everyone to respect and value all the cultures belonging to Australians. There are 18 million entries from Google under British culture.
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"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
