04-08-2015, 03:28 PM
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Originally posted by dakine
Following the logic provided, I should go to Sweden, where my recent ancestors were forced out due to political reasons and demand something?...
If you are so inclined, yes, by all means. Especially if others of the same heritage feel as such. I have always thought that zionism as an idea shouldn't be seen as a purely Jewish movement to reestablish their homeland, but a term to represent movements to reclaim homelands in general. More power to you!
This is a very slippery slope, what about people like myself who have at least 12 different nationalities from all over Europe in my heritage, including people who forced each other to be refugees from genocide or mass forced displacement over a period of 150 years?
For much of this mobile intermarried world there is no one homeland to go back to, we all have exactly one homeland, this beautiful planet Earth that we are rapidly despoiling. Indigenous people all over the world are trying to hang onto their ancestral lands and culture, the world is a richer place for the depth and variety of human expression found in indigenous communities, and there is an even greater wealth of knowledge we all can gain from people who have lived someplace for many generations without destroying it, but for a huge chunk of the world's population there is no "homeland" to return to.