re: #226 marjoriemoon

No one questions the homeland of the French people or the Italian people. No one is telling the Spanish that their land doesn’t belong to them.

Well, the Basque are definitely telling both the French and the Spanish that the Basque region doesn’t belong to them. I don’t think you’re getting my point at all. There are many ethnic groups that have been displaced from their ancient homelands. There is nothing about having a historical homeland that gives you the right to that homeland.

re: #229 OneMonkeysUncle

Why would you, in a thread about an article, want to talk out of the context of that article? That’s a little odd. And asking what the popular wisdom is— this is a website with different people posting on it. It’s not a hive mind. There’s no conventional wisdom.