Nationalism

loveissucide · 11-06-2009, 05:40 AM

It's a subject I've been thinking about a lot, and I'm curious as to what you think as regards the idea of nationalism, and whether it causes more harm than good. Living in Ireland,it's always very much on the agenda due to the division between North and South, and the fact we owe our independence to nationalist revolutionaries. But the problem that arises here is that it's also to blame for the Troubles, in addition to atrocities committed in it's name in the former Yugoslavia,Chechnya, and both World Wars. Is it a genuinely necessary thing for human welfare, or should social and economic issues be of much greater priority?

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loveissucide Himself Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leuven ,Belgium, via Ireland Posts: 1,325	Nationalism It's a subject I've been thinking about a lot, and I'm curious as to what you think as regards the idea of nationalism, and whether it causes more harm than good. Living in Ireland,it's always very much on the agenda due to the division between North and South, and the fact we owe our independence to nationalist revolutionaries. But the problem that arises here is that it's also to blame for the Troubles, in addition to atrocities committed in it's name in the former Yugoslavia,Chechnya, and both World Wars. Is it a genuinely necessary thing for human welfare, or should social and economic issues be of much greater priority? __________________ www.last.fm/user/p-mccusker http://www.mixcloud.com/pmccusker www.valjester.wordpress.com