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Entry: A Tale of Two Normans: Podhoretz and Finklestein Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_tale_of_two_normans_podhoretz_and_finklestein#8068 Post contents: Sid, You are completely wrong. Nationalism may be a product of the 19th Century, but the concept of a 'nation' certainly is not. Coming from the Latin 'natio', it is ancient, and as the root 'nascere' suggests, it implies link by blood. The classical definition of 'natio' (according to the Oxford Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary) is: "a race of people, nation, breed, stock, species, kind." Likewise, the classical concept of 'patriotism', from the Latin 'pater', also implies link by blood. I must say, your dogmatic defenses of political correctness become very tiresome. Bede http://www.conservativetimes.org Sent at: 2008 05 15