Nationalism is just another step in the ladder of "Me and Not-Me," "Family and Not-Family", "Tribe and Not-Tribe".And what is the next step after nationalism? Judging from history and what I see around me, something very similar to "Citizen and Not-Citizen". A Citizen being defined as anyone of any national or racial origin or original condition who is willing to learn the language, obey the laws, and behave according to the values of the - let's be truthful here - Empire.http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: Sore losers> > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:28:15 -0700> > On Aug 27, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Jon > Louis Mann wrote:> > > nationalism is an aberration that is found in many > countries, and to > > be abhorred. it is especially repugnant in nations > where their > > citizens actually believe they are better than other nations > (like > > some french, saudi, israeli, japanese citizens, etc.).> > I think > that nationalism is not an aberration at all. I would be > willing to guess > that it is a larger form of xenophobia, which I would > be further willing > to guess conferred evolutionary advantages: kill > off the other guys and > your genes live on. The other guys can be other > guys in the tribe (to hell > with you guys, I am going to be the one > whose genes live on in this > tribe), other tribes (to hell with those > guys, we are going to be the > ones...) and so forth.> > We even had a racist dog when I was a kid. He was > raised by my family > of white people in a neighborhood of mostly white people, so when > black kids from "the projects" walked by, who were different, he went > nuts. Then again, dogs are remarkable at picking up subtle clues in > the behavior of their human companions, and my dad was quite a racist. > The dog may have "known" that black people were "bad" because he saw > his master tense up when they were around.> > Different is Dangerous Maru> > Dave> > _______________________________________________> http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
