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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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by Patrix | on Monday, March 21st, 2005 at 11:00 am | 
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March 21st, 2005 at 2:19 pm reply
Unless you add religion to that equation…
March 21st, 2005 at 2:59 pm reply
Gabby - Nope. Even if religion is held constant, it stands true.
March 21st, 2005 at 4:32 pm reply
Nope. The common hatred of its neighbors DOES NOT hold true when you have religion in the equation.
March 21st, 2005 at 4:54 pm reply
Gabby - Look beyond India-Pakistan; you will see many examples.
March 21st, 2005 at 5:52 pm reply
You having to ask me to look beyond that example itself shows that there are exceptions to the statement by William Inge, correct? :)
March 21st, 2005 at 8:00 pm reply
Gabby - If I understand you correctly, you mean to say that neighbouring nations having the same religious affliation will NOT be at loggerheads?
March 22nd, 2005 at 2:15 pm reply
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.
March 22nd, 2005 at 11:22 pm reply
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.