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As someone who is married to a Swiss, I can categorically say what you say is Balderdash. Truth somewhere in between perhaps.

Who said it was dead?

Sorry, I withdraw all my comments in the face of such intelligent argument...

Precisely. Swiss think of themselves as ItalianSwiss etc. Bit like Oz, nationality is almost for administrative purpose: everyone feels a NSW, Victorian etc to the point they play different sports and are regionally independent. People don't feel Country first i.e. nationality! It's part of a...

Far from it, Germany only invented in 1871. Bavarians as short time ago as 1920s were separatists and to this day think of themselves as a, well, a bit 'Cornish'. Many other Regions similarly hence the Federation (a Confederation before that etc)

See post below your one!! As for 'am I real', you've more cheek than your mum! :)

It's a hard one to get your head round, especially anyone over age of 15 or 20. But just like the new food revolution that's happening right now - with chicken legs never coming from a live chicken but being genetically the same as if taken from the clucking fowl itself (!) - technology is...

Indeed it is, California is already well on the way in this respect building corporate communities that unless you're part of, you'll be physically and geographically excluded from. We're not talking small communes or gated communities but vast tranches of land owned and enjoyed only by an...

Nationality and the Nation State is soooo 20th century. It's becoming more meaningless by the year. Anyone can say they're British. American etc but does that mean we have anything more in common other than the same queue at airports etc? Nah, whether you're a home grown jihadi, born here or...

Tennis is one of those sports where it's pointless following someone simply because of their nationality. You can buy it for starters and it excludes more than half the worlds population because it's so elitist. Much better to follow a player because of their style or personality whatever...