Comments on: Definitions : the State, the Nation, Home Rule and Devolution http://www.skyminds.net ~ by Matt Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:52:21 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Billsonn http://www.skyminds.net/politics/scottish-politics/definitions-the-state-the-nation-home-rule-and-devolution/#comment-71830 Billsonn Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:28:41 +0000 http://www.skyminds.net/scottish-politics/definitions-the-state-the-nation-homerule-and-devolution/#comment-71830 I don't agree with the definition of nation advanced here. Becasue it doesn't show the difference between the people and the nation. Both people and nation can be defined as a group of individuals that share in common the will to live together. What I do suggest, is another definition. The Nation is individuals that want to live together, and these individuals represent the individuals that are alive Now, and the individuals that are no longer alive, and the individuals that will live latter in the same land. Whereas, the people is the group of a living individuals that want to live together, and that are alive at the moment of speaking. And from these two definitions comes a very interesting thing... Are elections representing the WILL OF THE NATION? or THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE? If we adopt that elections are the will of the nation: then voters have the DUTY to vote! (becasue if a voters doens't vote, then he is seen as not reflecting faithfully the will of his anscestors and his future children that form part of the nation!) If we adopt that elections are the will of the people: then voters have the RIGHT to vote! Becasue individuals are free to show their own choice or to keep calm, becasue his choice is just his own will. I don’t agree with the definition of nation advanced here. Becasue it doesn’t show the difference between the people and the nation. Both people and nation can be defined as a group of individuals that share in common the will to live together.
What I do suggest, is another definition.

The Nation is individuals that want to live together, and these individuals represent the individuals that are alive Now, and the individuals that are no longer alive, and the individuals that will live latter in the same land.

Whereas, the people is the group of a living individuals that want to live together, and that are alive at the moment of speaking.

And from these two definitions comes a very interesting thing… Are elections representing the WILL OF THE NATION ? or THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ?

If we adopt that elections are the will of the nation : then voters have the DUTY to vote ! (becasue if a voters doens’t vote, then he is seen as not reflecting faithfully the will of his anscestors and his future children that form part of the nation!)

If we adopt that elections are the will of the people : then voters have the RIGHT to vote ! Becasue individuals are free to show their own choice or to keep calm, becasue his choice is just his own will.

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