MissPickwickian wrote:
One mo' time---and sing it with feelin'! !
What the Germans did to the Jews
might be really photogenic
in an oh-my-god-how-tragic-was-that wa-ay-ay
but every nation in this great world
has done something they're not proud of
in every single country mass murder will have its day
What are the requirements to be a country?
coun-try (kuntre)n.pl. coun-tries. 1. A nation or state. The territory of a nation or state; land. The people of a nation or state; populace:
na-tion (nashn)n. 1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country. 2. The government of a sovereign state. 3. A people who share common customs, origins, history, and frequently language; a nationality: "Historically the Ukrainians are an ancient nation which has persisted and survived through terrible calamity" (Robert Conquest). 4. A federation or tribe, especially one composed of Native Americans. The territory occupied by such a federation or tribe.
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Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary
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So, if countries are nations or states, and a nation is a relatively large group of people organized under a single, independent government, or a people who share common customs, origins, history and frequently language. Then, what if I got my hypothetical family together, we started a temporary secession from the US, organized under a single government, never committed any genocides and dissolved ourselves the next day. Would we then have succeeded as a nation/country without a day of mass-murder? Just curious as I want to find a way to easily prove the song wrong.