Thread started by mr rollers at 06.27.09 - 11:46 am

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flag27-2009jun27,0,3933157.story

Anybody else think these cops have "control issues"?

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Also, do we really need to use our limited law enforcement resources to deal with a symbolic gesture?



angle
06.27.09 - 3:53 pm

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The most obvious impact of the nation-state, as compared to its non-national predecessors, is the creation of a uniform national culture, through state policy. The model of the nation-state implies that its population constitutes a nation, united by a common descent, a common language, and many forms of shared culture. When the implied unity was absent, the nation-state often tried to create it. It promoted a uniform national language, through language policy. The creation of national systems of compulsory primary education and a relatively uniform curriculum in secondary schools, was the most effective instrument in the spread of the national languages. The schools also taught the national history, often in a propagandistic and mythologised version, and (especially during conflicts) some nation-states still teach this kind of history.



ephemerae
06.27.09 - 4:33 pm

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