Re: Croatia Joins EU : Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:07 am  

El Barbudo wrote:

It's one of those words, like "race", which is pretty much meaningless but everyone thinks they know what it means.

Just about every land border has people either side of it who have as much in common with each other as those of each nation are supposed to have.
e.g. Alsace, Catalunya, Todmorden ...

Mind, those Catalans don't half have a sense of their own nationality ...

Re: Croatia Joins EU : Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:14 am  

Mintball wrote:

It's quite interesting to note that, in the 19th century, the idea of nationhood was viewed in a generally progressive way.

It was a step in the right direction at the time, perhaps like it would be in Afghanistan now. Maybe we need a concept of worldhood now. Once that's sorted we'll probably discover life on other planets to exploit and treat with disdain.

Re: Croatia Joins EU : Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:17 am  

Keith wrote:

It was a step in the right direction at the time, perhaps like it would be in Afghanistan now. Maybe we need a concept of worldhood now. Once that's sorted we'll probably discover life on other planets to exploit and treat with disdain.

~wry laugh~

Re: Croatia Joins EU : Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:19 am  

Mintball wrote:

~wry laugh~

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