No country is. There are any number of subcultures, and societal groupings. But in broad terms you share a common identity. I would argue that this was more the case in America where you have to declare allegiance to the flag(state, whatever) before you can get citizenship. There is no similar process here in the UK.
will -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 17 December 2001 18:34 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: I'll never understand... America can not be broken down into a single society. Some people, like Benjamin make it sound like America is a single society. This is simply not true. At 06:16 PM 12/17/2001 +0000, you wrote: >Interesting. So the definition of a country in this case is infact the >legislature. I'm not sure I can agree totally with that, although I >understand your point. Just as important as laws on a personal basis are >social mores. I think the difference is that you are talking about COUNTRIES >whereas I am talking about SOCIETIES. For me, a society is more than the >laws that govern it. ________________________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
