a black, yellow, and red mourning pall November 15, 2007
Posted by ocmpoma in : society , trackbackOver at FP Passport, it is noted why we should all be wary of the unstable situation in Belgium:
“…Europe’s strength comes from the fact that it is not a nation but a “network that is bound together by laws and regulations,” a revolutionary development in political history. The Flemish-Walloon split is an ugly ghost of Europe’s past that, if it comes to pass, would put the lie to Europe’s supposed post-nationalist enlightenment.”
I’m left wondering how long (as in how many more generations) it will be before we can finally start to move past the Westphalian System — we live in a geopolitical reality which is now approaching it’s fourth century of existence. Geography is nowhere near as important as it was in 1648.
Some more wise words from T. H. White’s The Once and Future King*:
“The fantastic thing about war was that it was fought about nothing — literally nothing. Frontiers were imaginary lines. There was no visible line between Scotland and England, although Flodden and Bannockburn had been fought about it. It was geography which was the cause — political geography. It was nothing else.”
If only we could figure out that where is not important.
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