Slimebeast said:
SciFiBoy said:
Slimebeast said:
SciFiBoy said:
@Slimebeast
why does London belong to the English?
who are the English? |
The English are the citizens of England. London belongs to them because it lies in England and they built it, and the whole world is organized and divided into sovereign nation states.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
it was founded by the Roman Empire, im curious, do you think that makes it there property?
it is currently the capital of the nation of England, but we are not the original settlers (in fact, even the romans arent, primitive tribes are, but I would imagine they are long dead, they may not even have descendants)
what im getting at is this: how do YOU decide the parameters for which land belongs to which people and from which nations?
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I don't decide anything, but if I could I would decide the parameters based on common sense, fairness and justice.
How would you?
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define common sense in this context
define fairness in this context
define justice in this context
I would not have the arrogance to individualy think myself capable of defining thoose parameters 
I would suggest that it is an issue that our species will at some point need to adress though, in a way, I suppose my answer is diplomacy, finding a way of deciding things that works best for individual regions.
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