thoughts on russia/georgia/kosovo

[Kevin]

Setting aside nation-states with borders drawn based primarily upon ethnicity is not the best of ideas IMHO.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Setting aside nation-states with borders drawn based primarily upon ethnicity is not the best of ideas IMHO.

they'd both be in the eu though...

and ethnicity really isn't the main reason for Catalian indepence

[PeppyGPhiB]

My thought on the whole situation is that it's not good.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

My thought on the whole situation is that it's not good.

good call

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Setting aside nation-states with borders drawn based primarily upon ethnicity is not the best of ideas IMHO.

Yes and no. The problem that we still see in Africa is due to Europeans drawing borders not based on ethnicity, but based on their own preconceived power. The result, disaster to this day, esp. in the Great Lake region.

For the record, Belgium is the worst colonizing power. The silver goes to the Portuguese.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by moe.ron

Yes and no. The problem that we still see in Africa is due to Europeans drawing borders not based on ethnicity, but based on their own preconceived power. The result, disaster to this day, esp. in the Great Lake region.

And in the Middle East.

I was in favor of the redrawing of Iraq on religious/ethnic lines, however the whole little possible genocide would worry me.