Just one sentence of each, please. That way everyone gets a fair go.
My country is: Australia.
I like: the way that compulsory voting ensures that we all have a say in how we live our lives, not just those with the biggest pockets and the loudest voices.
I dislike: the way that we are a huge empty country, yet 95% of us are crowded into a few enormous cities developed around the two great gods: (1) car (2) enormous house.
Originally posted by divegeesterIf things persist you could lose Scotland in 2014
United Kingdom
Like: We are an Island
Dislike: We are not a united kingdom
and your flag has gone from Belfast as well.
My Country is Ireland.
What I like about Ireland is that the rain has made it a green and fertile country.
What I don't like is all the rain.
History in the making:
First woman leader of Irish Politics..........Angela Merkel.
Originally posted by KewpieI live in Indonesia.
Just one sentence of each, please. That way everyone gets a fair go.
Like: it's interesting to live and work in a democracy that's little more than a decade old, with a steadily consolidating civil society and growing sense of possibility, potential and personal autonomy.
Dislike: the sometimes hard-to-shake-off political legacy of more than 30 years of military dictatorship and those political figures that would exploit any and all bumps in the road as the country gradually progresses in so many ways.
Sweden:
+ Democracy, monarchy, lots of space, Allemansrätten (in short: Allemansrätten gives a person the right to access, walk, cycle, ride, ski, and camp on any land—with the exception of private gardens, the immediate vicinity of a dwelling house and land under cultivation.)
- cuts in public care for children, elderly, schools
United Kingdom
Like
The fact that we do not have compulsory voting, the fact that organisations like the BNP and EDL are allowed to air their beliefs in public, the fact (very nearly) that you can marry who you want to irrespective of race, colour, religion and gender, country pubs
Dislike
The BNP and EDL. The rise of vertical drinking establishments. Attempts to increase the ability to deprive someone of their liberty for extended periods without hard evidence or having to charge them with a crime.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHey Robbie? Are you voting for Scottish independence?
Scotland :
Like: clean water, open spaces and egalitarian sensibilities
Dislikes : crap football team, mince rugby team and that we are not Norway.
If Scotland become free will the English build Hadrian's wall even higher?
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Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyNo politics for me johnny, not a Scottish nationalist, I have never voted, ever, in any election, ever. Politics is for politicians. Personally I am a kind of natural socialist, like the native Americans were socialist. Scotland will never be free, new boss is the same as the old boss. As you know there is history between us, but there are many things to admire about our English cousins despite their foibles. 🙂
Hey Robbie? Are you voting for Scottish independence?
If Scotland become free will the English build Hadrian's wall even higher?
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