Re: Scientific Nationalism?

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> Torsten:
> >Actually, the driving force behind the mechanism I proposed to
> >explain some types of language change [...] is the emotion that in
> >industrial states is called nationalism;
>

If a Dakota kills a Crow or a Frenchman kills a German, as far as I
can see, they are doing the same thing: killing a foreigner. If you
want to use different terminology to describe the belief systems,
convictions and emotions in the two cases, fine with me. But I can't
follow you there.

Torsten