On: US Territorial Expansion: 200 years mapped with d3...

[grecy]

The many who live near the disputed border, like myself.

[akavi → grecy]

Now that's holding a grudge.

Irredentism is a peculiar human drive that I've never fully understood.

[grecy → akavi]

> Now that's holding a grudge.

I'm going to guess you've never been to the area I'm talking about.

If you saw how beautiful it is, you'd understand.

I spent two years driving from Alsaka to Argentina, so I've seen a lot of the Americas. I choose to live here (right near the border) because I honestly think it's the most amazing please I saw in all of the Americas.

[philwelch → grecy]

Sure, but it was legally settled a century ago. That's like people from Texas being angry that they're no longer an independent country.

[grecy → philwelch]

And what happens when people are unhappy with the way things are?

They vote, they demonstrate, they organize. They try to make a difference.

If enough people want something changed, it will be changed.

Simply giving up because "that's the way it is" is no way to live life.

[philwelch → grecy]

But remaining bitter about century old US-Canadian border cessions is?

[grecy → philwelch]

I didn't say anything about being biter. I said "still disputed by many Canadians".

You don't have to be bitter to dispute something.

[philwelch → grecy]

In that case I dispute British Columbia. 54-40 or fight!

[j_col → philwelch]

Ireland was not an independent country for 800 years, but we never gave up. You take a short view of history.