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Slaggg · 09-17-2003, 01:19 AM

This is the way I see it:

First World/Industrialised Nations= Your rich-ass uncle that makes so much money that he spends it way too fast, and winds up sitting at the Thanksgiving Table drinking too much wine, and spouting a bunch of shit.

Second World Nations= Undefined. Just what the hell is a Second World Nation? Your single, 40+ sister-in-law that is cruising for any kind of screw???

Third World Nations= The dog crawling on his belly, looking so forlorn as to get sympathy from the First Nationers?

Nah, none of the above.

The one mistake that active, and hence powerful, voting citizens can make is to anthropomorphize an entire nation, let alone a collection of nations. Think about that for a minute. If you begin to think of your cozy little nation, with it's seeming advanced, righteous ways of doing things, is a seperate entity from the rest of the world, you individualize your nation, and yourself, from the rest of the world. Seperatism is not a viable factor anymore. With the continuous flow of information, on a 24-7 basis, there is nothing left to distinguish us from each other.

However, the one mistake that Governments can make is to NOT think their Nation is a collective of individuals, making up one single body. This is where the anthropomorphization can be a good thing. Nationalism has proven to be a uplifitng factor in a Nation's well-being. The collective well-wishing and active work to bring about the best of your 'country'. In other words, a huge group of individuals coming together to act as one for a common good.

Can we, as indivudiuals that make up a whole, actually hope that our respective governments, acting as indivuduals which make up a whole, expect things to be any better if we don't treat one another in a respectful, way?

Respect yourself. Learn to extend that respect to your neighbor. Help your neighbor to extend that respect to his neighbor and ask his help in extending respect to a stranger. Hope that it can go farther than that.

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Slaggg is Offline Senior Member Posts: 375 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: LA CA USA	09-17-2003, 01:19 AM This is the way I see it: First World/Industrialised Nations= Your rich-ass uncle that makes so much money that he spends it way too fast, and winds up sitting at the Thanksgiving Table drinking too much wine, and spouting a bunch of shit. Second World Nations= Undefined. Just what the hell is a Second World Nation? Your single, 40+ sister-in-law that is cruising for any kind of screw??? Third World Nations= The dog crawling on his belly, looking so forlorn as to get sympathy from the First Nationers? Nah, none of the above. The one mistake that active, and hence powerful, voting citizens can make is to anthropomorphize an entire nation, let alone a collection of nations. Think about that for a minute. If you begin to think of your cozy little nation, with it's seeming advanced, righteous ways of doing things, is a seperate entity from the rest of the world, you individualize your nation, and yourself, from the rest of the world. Seperatism is not a viable factor anymore. With the continuous flow of information, on a 24-7 basis, there is nothing left to distinguish us from each other. However, the one mistake that Governments can make is to NOT think their Nation is a collective of individuals, making up one single body. This is where the anthropomorphization can be a good thing. Nationalism has proven to be a uplifitng factor in a Nation's well-being. The collective well-wishing and active work to bring about the best of your 'country'. In other words, a huge group of individuals coming together to act as one for a common good. Can we, as indivudiuals that make up a whole, actually hope that our respective governments, acting as indivuduals which make up a whole, expect things to be any better if we don't treat one another in a respectful, way? Respect yourself. Learn to extend that respect to your neighbor. Help your neighbor to extend that respect to his neighbor and ask his help in extending respect to a stranger. Hope that it can go farther than that.