Nanatsu no Tsuki
11-02-2008, 19:23
What has nationalism done to my country and to my family?
I'm a Spaniard to boot. And of course, first and foremost, I'm an Asturian. As we say, "Asturias is Asturias and the rest is conquered land...", pretty much an insult if you're a Basque or a Catalá, but that's who we are. If you visit Spain, any of it's provinces, you'll hear this same motto enunciated from the lips of both young and old. We are from our province, and then comes our Spanish identity. But what has this specific sentimient done to our collective spirit? What has this very feeling of Patriotic Pride done to the soul of Spain in the 21st. century? It's done a lot, and, in most cases, the harm is more extensive than the good.
In my case, things are doubly aggravated by an abismal detail. My mother's side of the family is linked, by blood, to a key figure on our government.
Politics scare me, politics have taken so much out of my family, it has taken a lot of me. I move through a sphere that I dislike, and yet I work on it. I am my mother's daughter, and as proud as I am to be likened to her and her ways and work ethics, I can't seem to stand on my own. And when I do, it is because many mandataries think I am like her but milder or more innocent.
And many of you will question, why is she writting about this in a forum about creating nations? Why is she stating these things in a forum about a fictional game? Simple, none of you know who I am. So I vent, it's frustrating. If this doesn't make any sense, well, I'm sorry. I just needed to let it out because this is what nationalism's done to my kin.
And why do I re-enact this online? Heh, because, perhaps, I'm a masochist.
I'm a Spaniard to boot. And of course, first and foremost, I'm an Asturian. As we say, "Asturias is Asturias and the rest is conquered land...", pretty much an insult if you're a Basque or a Catalá, but that's who we are. If you visit Spain, any of it's provinces, you'll hear this same motto enunciated from the lips of both young and old. We are from our province, and then comes our Spanish identity. But what has this specific sentimient done to our collective spirit? What has this very feeling of Patriotic Pride done to the soul of Spain in the 21st. century? It's done a lot, and, in most cases, the harm is more extensive than the good.
In my case, things are doubly aggravated by an abismal detail. My mother's side of the family is linked, by blood, to a key figure on our government.
Politics scare me, politics have taken so much out of my family, it has taken a lot of me. I move through a sphere that I dislike, and yet I work on it. I am my mother's daughter, and as proud as I am to be likened to her and her ways and work ethics, I can't seem to stand on my own. And when I do, it is because many mandataries think I am like her but milder or more innocent.
And many of you will question, why is she writting about this in a forum about creating nations? Why is she stating these things in a forum about a fictional game? Simple, none of you know who I am. So I vent, it's frustrating. If this doesn't make any sense, well, I'm sorry. I just needed to let it out because this is what nationalism's done to my kin.
And why do I re-enact this online? Heh, because, perhaps, I'm a masochist.