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		<title>Nationalism.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian has a scary-fascinating piece on the English Defense League. The recurrence of a zealot-like nationalism as a response to cultural invasion reminds me of an immune system response to foreign matter invading a human body. Most importantly, it is KEY to remember that hay-fever, eczema, allergies to dust and plants, and food allergies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Guardian has a scary-fascinating piece on the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/may/28/english-defence-league-uncovered">English Defense League</a>.</p>
<p>The recurrence of a zealot-like nationalism as a response to cultural invasion reminds me of an immune system response to foreign matter invading a human body.  Most importantly, it is KEY to remember that hay-fever, eczema, allergies to dust and plants, and food allergies are the human immune system <strong>overreacting</strong> to a circumstance.  The immune system can even attack its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmunity">host</a>.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t take feeble simile as moral or biological turpitude.</p>
<p>I think this is a scary view and reminds me of <a href="http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/swift-rage-in-pakistan-over-facebook-and-its-ban/">this</a>.</p>
<p>But I don&#8217;t think these reactions are moral decisions for any of these folks.  They feel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings">threatened</a>.  We have it here in the US, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8691382.stm">as well</a>, and of course we didn&#8217;t invent it.  But oddly, we do it in <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/02/20100502arizona-border-violence-mexico.html">&#8220;one of the safest places to live in all of America.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>So much for the moral high ground.</p>
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