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Nationalism Printable Version PRINTABLE VERSION
by Dereje Amera, Ethiopia Oct 3, 2004
Peace & Conflict   Opinions

  


People are proud for their nationality is different and assume that they are better than others due to their birth and growth place is different, but they have twenty fingers, two eyes, one nose, two legs, the inventory is the same as the others, and there can be no difference between human beings because of this. Their different nationality, which makes them to pride, have never helped the world of humanity to solve the problems afflicting today, but rather it is becoming by itself a problem and a ‘sick mentality’ that the feeling of betterment towards identity creates another complication whose effect puts the world of humanity in a vicious circle of crisis. People should help with each other than have pride one with the other, for in cooperation lies the nobility of human beings, not in competition. Human beings have been competing for million years, and it should be enough. The end of days for competition has to come, and people should work hard to close the chapter of competition.

Competition should leave the place for cooperation. There should be no pride in feeling superior to others. Pride is a veil that curtains to see the nobility of other beings. Cooperation should rule the world and every one should consider others as their equals, for no one has lived everlastingly, and all human beings are entitled to perish, and none of us win death, and all live under one sun, for all eat with a mouth for a stomach, and none of us changed so different in terms of inventory and thinking. It is not such a big deal to belong to one nation, which never allowed us to escape from the stress of this world and no one can be special, for none has lived eternal.

Nationalism is so contagious that the moment one gets into this world, it welcomes every one with registration and identity, and gives no chance for any one to think and to decide, and binds all to live under it. It is such a dictator, and every one has no choice except to be tagged and labelled under it, which creates boundary, differences and feelings of antagonism between the peoples of the earth, who should belong as citizens of one nation and one world.






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Dereje Amera


Writing is a powerful instrument to promote one's ideology, so as to transform and galvanize the whole of humanity to have a better perspective about this world.

Words are just combinations of letters, but the power they exert in every human frame is still a mystery to all.

Writing uses these mysterious forces of words as a tool to introduce, induce and create vibrations in society, which do have an influence on every aspect of our life as human beings.

May the power of WORDS prevail over all!!
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A big issue for today
Brian Kitchens | Feb 1st, 2005
In the US we have a big problem with Nationalism I think. We are so arrogant that we think everybody needs to be like us.

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