drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:If I could live comfortably, I'd move to Puerto Rico yesterday. Well, since I've never been there, I'd probably visit first. But the idea of living there or in the tropics has always appealed to me. I picture myself spending all day on my sunny deck sipping mojitos listening to Latin jazz and taking a nice swim in the ocean before sitting down to a dinner of paella or something.

I hear that the beach-y locations in Costa Rica have been mostly snapped up already, but I've also heard appealing things about the more 'normal' options there (that is, your sunny deck may not look out on the Pacific, but the mojitos would still hit the spot).

And oh, the coffee

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

smitty wrote:Nationalism sucks. I'm into sectionalism myself. I think the Pacific Northwest should declare war on California. I'm pretty sure we can kick those hippies' asses and then we can have Movie Stars do our landscaping and other chores and stuff. That would be kewl.

PrattRules wrote:My Battle of the Sexes basketball game is tentatively scheduled for July 21st somewhere in Allentown. More details to follow.

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

Bucky wrote:

PrattRules wrote:My Battle of the Sexes basketball game is tentatively scheduled for July 21st somewhere in Allentown. More details to follow.

Ummmmm

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

Oh, you don't say?

My point is that people like to shit on nationalism, but there is a strong argument to be made it would be prudent to try build nationalism around the rest of the world. I think pacino probably appreciates this, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

Oh, you don't say?

My point is that people like to shit on nationalism, but there is a strong argument to be made it would be prudent to try build nationalism around the rest of the world. I think pacino probably appreciates this, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

drsmooth wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

Oh, you don't say?

My point is that people like to shit on nationalism, but there is a strong argument to be made it would be prudent to try build nationalism around the rest of the world. I think pacino probably appreciates this, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

World populations continue to coalesce around cities.

Maybe you'd have better luck promoting city-statism

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

Oh, you don't say?

My point is that people like to shit on nationalism, but there is a strong argument to be made it would be prudent to try build nationalism around the rest of the world. I think pacino probably appreciates this, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

I don't see how at all. Strong beliefs that where you're from is inherently better than where someone else is from leads to bad things. I'll agree that sectarianism is just as bad as nationalism, though.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Now that I think about it, there is an argument to be made that if nationalism was more prominent throughout the developing world, overall violence would decline steeply. Sectarian violence FTL.

Sectarianism is basically nationalism but instead of being overly proud of your nation, you're overly proud of some other entity.

Oh, you don't say?

My point is that people like to shit on nationalism, but there is a strong argument to be made it would be prudent to try build nationalism around the rest of the world. I think pacino probably appreciates this, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

I don't see how at all. Strong beliefs that where you're from is inherently better than where someone else is from leads to bad things. I'll agree that sectarianism is just as bad as nationalism, though.

Intrastate conflict is arguably the biggest problem facing the developing world. More nationalism, less intrastate violence.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:I'm not saying nationalism is a universal good, but it is far from a universal bad. People don't seem to get that. There is a practical and needed purpose for nationalism around the world.