Re: RichAsianKid's Musings re: Jim Walsh and Our Concentric Loyalties

On May 27, 1:51 am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> For example, in Rwanda, the Hutu regarded the Tutsi as the other (and
vice a
> versa) but RAK would regard both as "black".
>
> For another example, in Scandinavia, the Swedish people regard
Norwegians as
> the other (and vice a versa) and RAK would regard both as white.
>
> For Nazis the "other" were the Jews, RAK would regard both Germans and
Jew to
> be white.
>

In general I value Homo Sapiens (including an African) over a gorilla,
but I also value a non-African more than an African (first bifurcation
after Homo Sapiens). Ingroup/Outgroup boundaries are fluid and
mallelable, and principle remains "me against my brother, me and my
brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against the world." BTW
your examples are evidence against the possibility of "utopia" or a
"one-world" given how similar these groups are to an 'outsider'.