Re-imagining

[Kip Warner]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 12:39:00PM -0700, Randall Ross wrote:
> Ubuntu is not a national construct. It has nothing to do with our flag.
> It does not care if your government is in Ottawa or in Tripoli or in Taipei.

I completely agree. Nationalism is abstract and divisive. The idea of marrying the LoCo with nationalism is anachronistic. Whether it was called Petrograd, Leningrad, or Saint Petersburg, the city is still there. The Soviet Union, like all nations, come and go, but cities stand the test of time better because the people in them are real and exist beyond abstract identifiers. If a LoCo is to survive, it needs to move past the anachronisms. Randall is right. LoCos at the city level make far more sense. Moreover, for those who do not live near a large city, there is nothing to stop someone from creating a LoCo catch-all for minorities in rural areas in a given locality.

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