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This is an entertaining thread. It goes to the heart of identity, how we group people into tribes. We don't even agree on how to group people.
@Abingdonboy earlier insisted that he was British, on the basis of his current passport+where he was born. @Indian-Lion and @American Pakistani insisted he was "really" Indian, on the basis of his support for India and he's supposed parentage.
Is this a normal pattern for people from the "old" country, that they identify people by where they came from a couple generations ago?
Interesting related note: Americans of Irish descent (carefully worded) visit Ireland. They tell the natives there "I'm Irish!" and the natives deride them - "you're not Irish unless you're born here and raised here!" So, for @Indian-Lion and @American Pakistani, are they Irish? What are the rules?
I am descended mostly from German blood 3/4 and some English plus God-only-knows (you know the English, sex with everything). So, what should I use as a flag? I would consider myself simply American, but I wouldn't want to deceive anyone.
@Abingdonboy earlier insisted that he was British, on the basis of his current passport+where he was born. @Indian-Lion and @American Pakistani insisted he was "really" Indian, on the basis of his support for India and he's supposed parentage.
Is this a normal pattern for people from the "old" country, that they identify people by where they came from a couple generations ago?
Interesting related note: Americans of Irish descent (carefully worded) visit Ireland. They tell the natives there "I'm Irish!" and the natives deride them - "you're not Irish unless you're born here and raised here!" So, for @Indian-Lion and @American Pakistani, are they Irish? What are the rules?
I am descended mostly from German blood 3/4 and some English plus God-only-knows (you know the English, sex with everything). So, what should I use as a flag? I would consider myself simply American, but I wouldn't want to deceive anyone.