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To: Road Walker who wrote (10543)	7/3/2009 11:21:57 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 86355

What's the difference between a nation and a government? You can have a nation without having a government. The Jews are a nation. Is there one government which represents all Jews? The Kurds are a nation.. Is there one government which represents all Kurds? These are ethnic/cultural nations. But nationhood can also apply to non-ethnic groups of individuals who unite behind commonly held values. And that's what makes the USA a nation. We hold certain truths to be "self-evident" and those are the values that bind us together as a nation. What you are trying to convey is that STATES have governments. A STATE can consist of multiple nationalities. Understand now?? Hawk