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scot47

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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:48 pm Post subject: Anglophonia............. |
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.................I knew about since I coined the term. To my surprise others have had similar thoughts :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglosphere |
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Qaaolchoura
Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 539 Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:45 am Post subject: |
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I've been an avid supporter of Anglosophere integration for a long time.
I think that the non-EU Anglophone states (US, Canada, Australia, NZ, and possibly the English Caribbean, Mauritius, Seychelles and the independent Pacific states) ought to have an arrangement similar to that now between the UK and Ireland, and for that matter Australia and New Zealand. Residents of developed (or less-developed but tiny) English-speaking countries ought to be able to move freely between those countries, and have something similar to common citizenship, including automatic right to vote.
I also think that the Commonwealth of Nations should get rid of having the British Monarch as nominal head, and that move should be followed by the entry of the US, Ireland, the Philippines, Liberia, and the CFA states, thereby finally giving the Angloshere a cohesive forum. (Neither the US nor Ireland is likely to join as long as the British monarch heads the organization, and none of the countries that speak English as a result of American influence is eligible to join until the US does.)
Obviously these are fringe positions, (I hold a lot of fringe positions) but as someone who believes that global integration and largely open borders should be an ultimate goal, closer Anglosphere ties seem like an easy and worthwhile place to start.
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Sashadroogie

Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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The British Commonwealth? Even jettisoning the monarchy won't lure the US back into the fold |
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scot47

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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Might work the other way round. Lots of Brits would be happy to be another state in the Union !
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Sashadroogie

Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Ixchel
Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 156 Location: The 7th level of hell
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Sashadroogie wrote: |
The British Commonwealth? Even jettisoning the monarchy won't lure the US back into the fold |
Yeah, I was going to mention that war we fought...Sadly even NAFTA hasn't allowed us to work in Canada or Mexico them here. Legally anyway. Heck, in the US I can't teach in another state (or practice medicine, be a CPA or any other job requiring state licensing) without redoing my qualifications. I just don't see it working with other nations. |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Ixchel wrote: |
Heck, in the US I can't teach in another state (or practice medicine, be a CPA or any other job requiring state licensing) without redoing my qualifications. |
Are you serious? A California doc. can�t practise medicine in Texas without re-training?  |
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Ixchel
Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 156 Location: The 7th level of hell
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:04 am Post subject: |
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sheikh radlinrol wrote: |
Ixchel wrote: |
Heck, in the US I can't teach in another state (or practice medicine, be a CPA or any other job requiring state licensing) without redoing my qualifications. |
Are you serious? A California doc. can�t practise medicine in Texas without re-training?  |
Quite serious. I have a few doctor friends stuck in California doctors don't have to retrain they have to retake their boards in each state in which they wish to practice. Not an easy thing if it;s been some years since graduation. |
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