Statute of Westminster, 1931

The Statute of Westminster, 1931

22 George V, c. 4 (U.K.)

An Act to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930.

[11th December, 1931]

( WHEREAS the delegates to His Majesty's Governments in the United Kingdom, the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland, at Imperial Conferences holden at Westminster in the years of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-six and nineteen hundred and thirty did concur in making the declarations and resolutions set forth in the Reports of the said Conferences: )

"Much learning hath made thee mad..."

ataniell93: how long have you been a country?

commodorified: well. hmm. Confederation was 1867
otoh, as you know, Statute of Westminster was 31.
constitution 1982.
1967 seems to be the date we go with
errr. 1867
and then there's the thing with NF... oh god.
I used to know that one.

I mean, it's not like I wasn't paying attention in class. And it's not like the possibility that they may, at certain points, have been Making Shit Up hadn't crossed my mind a few times already.

But this is bloody ridiculous. I have to start chewing my research better, or something, so it digests properly and these things don't happen.

*sniff*

"YELLOWKNIFE – Canada is saying goodbye to the north magnetic pole as it drifts off into international waters."

Was it something we said?

"But, at least for the immediate future, it will be closer to Canada than to any other country."

*clings*

Hewitt says the pole should reach Russia by 2050, but there is a possibility it will slow down, or even turn around and come back.

*pleads*

The north magnetic pole is thought to have been in Canadian jurisdiction since the 1600s.

*begins to organize an Expotition*

On the other hand...

and the ... musk-ox? That can't be right, surely? Really? OK, musk-ox it is. The musk-ox shall lie down with the ... caribou? I'm sorry, I'll read that again...

Public posts

I should prefer that this post not be quoted or linked to, please.

So I'm thinking about public posting. For a number of reasons; several exchanges I have had with people recently have contributed to this, but this isn't a response to any of them and I am not at this moment irked with anyone. In case anyone was wondering.

Variants on this keep coming up:

"You made a public post, what do you expect?" Or, on occasion, "Friends-lock or not, you put something on the internet, what did you expect?"

Might be fic, might be meta, might be any number of things. Still bothers me.

I'm sure people don't mean it the way it sounds to me. Probably they mean as many things by it as there are people who say it.

But what it sounds like, quite often, is this:

"You stupid bitch, don't you realize you went and opened your mouth? We can do anything we want to you now! For any reason! Or none! WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?"

So. I make public posts. They are usually intended to entertain people, or interest them, or pass on information, or sometimes just to be amusing.

I don't make posts intended to piss people off, which I agree is a whole 'nother thing.

What do I expect, when I do that?

Decency, courtesy and respect, actually. Just the normal human level that I expect of face to face interaction. You know, this lj is basically an open party. Come in, have a drink. Join the discussion, or just dance, if you wanna.

But no puking on the floor, no picking fights with other guests, and if I ask you to enjoy the cake but leave the pie in the fridge alone, leave it. If you take it out and throw it and then say I left it where you could get to it, what did I expect, well, I expect you'll be leaving the party early. Possibly feet first. And I will be extremely displeased with you.

And they can't be too unreasonable, my expectations, because actually, this is almost always exactly how people behave. Half-naked women keep coming in, they dance like you would not believe, they bring fresh supplies of chips -- it's all extremely good.

I'm writing this because it helps me think, not because I think any of you actually need to be told this.

*puts on more music and smooches fandom wildly, just 'cause*.

Isn't that kind of naive of me? Well, no. Expect, you see, is not the same as assume. I don't always get what I expect. I don't always behave as well as I expect myself to.

I do not assume that people will necessarily behave well. It is not necessary for anyone to write me long comments explaining that human beings are capable of unspeakable depravity, nevermind obnoxiousness, callousness, and dishonesty. Got that memo, thanks.

I don't take foolish risks with my comfort or safety in this journal, though I often take considered ones.

But if you ever have a need to know what I expect, when I make a public post? Now you know, so you never have to ask me again.