Markus wrote on 02/28/07 14:48:
> Why are there so many barriers and restrictions in terms of gaining
> employment between the 4 groups of USA+Canada, UK+Ireland, Australia
> +NZ and South Africa. They all have common histories, can understand
> one another and have common cultural links
And so what? They are different countries.
> (to a greater or lesser
> extent), and yet the UK and Ireland seem to be trapped in a
> multilingual europe
I guess you haven't been in the US much. The US is, and has been for a long
time, multilingual, at least in the big cities.
> It is a shame, and somehow so wrong that would should be a chance for
> people to live and work in such different and far flung parts of the
> world, is ruined by regional blocs.
It is a shame that you don't seem to understand that each country follows its
own interests, not the interests of any other country, even if they speak
(roughly) the same language.
Other examples: Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Switzerland/France,
Switzerland/Italy, China/Taiwan...
Me thinks you have quite a bit to learn...
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