tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post1806138647414851683..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Welsh not WalianAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-34880114530316269332007-10-04T08:37:00.000+01:002007-10-04T08:37:00.000+01:00Utterly wrong. "North Walian" has been used as lo...Utterly wrong. "North Walian" has been used as long as I can remember. You are the first person I have ever known to object to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-52926734825839609042007-09-28T09:45:00.000+01:002007-09-28T09:45:00.000+01:00Wales has become a multi-ethnic society. It doesn'...Wales has become a multi-ethnic society. It doesn't matter about the accident of birth location to prove identity. We identify through our allegiance and our citizenship, just as Americans do. Therefore we are all Welsh if these conditions are met.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-11822753044422001232007-09-28T09:03:00.000+01:002007-09-28T09:03:00.000+01:00"...the existence of the National Assembly forces ..."...the existence of the National Assembly forces a Welsh identity on those who who live in Wales but abhor all things Welsh."<BR/><BR/>You cannot force an identity on anyone. The existence of a British state has not made me feel British, because I don't, anymore than you do. <BR/><BR/>I may be a citizen of the UK, but I feel no particular attachment to it. Similarly, the Welsh Assembly cannot gwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020459348361714337noreply@blogger.com