> > 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.). > jon
> 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. > Dave or as Dr. Brin would say, "The Dogma of the Other"... Jon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l