Recent content by Strophios

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_issues_in_Japan Suffice it to say there are ethnic issues in Japan. Note, my only claim is that there are ethnic minorities worth knowing about. Well, I'm glad that you've decided you can be the official arbiter over what is and what is not a...

I can indeed tell you if you're right or wrong: You're still wrong, for at least three reasons. First, your definition is meaningless. If America counts, on the back of its shared beliefs/culture/etc. then Catholicism may as well count. If you want to argue that the difference is that, between...

Point of Information: Hezbollah does not control Gaza. That would be Hamas. Also, it is worth noting that "good terms" for the Israelis are not so much for the Palestinians. For instance, I sincerely doubt very many Palestinians would admit to being good terms with the nation which carries...

You can't say that though. Or, you can, it's just wrong. Like, egregiously, by definition wrong. Nationalities are made up. They are, in the words of Benedict Anderson, "Imagined Communities."* I challenge you to give me a good definition of nationality which successfully covers the nationality...

That's not true. There is in fact abundant evidence. The Palestinian refugees fled due Israeli military attacks, the threat of attacks, and expulsions. There may or may not have been an active policy of expulsions by the Israelis, but expulsions were ordered by the Israeli high command. Also...