I don't know about others, but I've sometimes felt I was in another country traveling in some parts of the US.
He cites France, but the north and south spoke different languages, which is why there's a region called Languedoc-Roussillon today. And the during the Civil War northerners exacted absolutely horrifying losses against the South in order to keep the Union together.
Not so evident after all...
What makes a separate people? Religion, language, culture, garb, cuisine, etc. The Arabs in Palestine speak the same language, practice the same religion, have the same culture, etc., as all the other Arabs. The few minor differences that exist between them are like the minor differences that exist between the Welsh, the Scots, and the Londoners. They are still all Britons. Yankees and Southerners have the same minor differences, but they are still all Americans. People in the south of France are quite different from the people in the north, but they are still all French. These inconsequential differences do not make a people. |
