Nationalism, eh?

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"A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors."
- William Ralph Inge

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“Nationalism, eh?” [Short URL: http://www.ipatrix.com/?p=577] was published Monday, March 21st, 2005 at 11:00 am by Patrix, filed under Philosophy. Both comments and linkbacks are closed.

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Unless you add religion to that equation…
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Gabby – Nope. Even if religion is held constant, it stands true.
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Nope. The common hatred of its neighbors DOES NOT hold true when you have religion in the equation.
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Gabby – Look beyond India-Pakistan; you will see many examples.
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You having to ask me to look beyond that example itself shows that there are exceptions to the statement by William Inge, correct? :)
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Gabby – If I understand you correctly, you mean to say that neighbouring nations having the same religious affliation will NOT be at loggerheads?
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Patrix, a nation cannot be united in their dislike for their neighbors when there’s the reality of religions/beliefs to account for. The statement made by Inge will not necessarily hold true then. I am not saying it works the other way, i.e, if there’s no religion or everyone is of the same religion, everyone will love thy neighbor.
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Dude the whole of America hated the whole of Germany despite both being predominantly Christian during WW II. Religion is just another divisive force and sympathy between nations because of the same religion is a minor statistical abberation when compared to how much religion divides.
In an ideal world nations would be like states in a country. That said, that ideal world is far away.

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