7th grade SOS #33

In the 1800s, an Italian patriot named Giuseppe Mazzini said, "A nation is the universality [sum total] of citizens speaking the same language."

Do you agree with Mazzini's definition?  Why or why not?  If you were the edit the definition, what else might it include or exclude?  Explain.

21 comments:

  1. 1.I don't agree Because everyone speaks the same language.

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  2. I agree with Giuseppe because a nation should be where everybody speaks the same language. But I would edit that they should also have a same type of government and just the same routine electing presidents/dictators/rulers. I would add these because they should be apart of a nation. Also, people who come together to help fight for their nation.

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  3. I disagree because there is many places where people speak different languages than their neighbor and they are still considered to be part of the same nation.

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  4. no i do not think that is what a nation is! I think a nation is were a group of people have the same civil beliefs but different personal beliefs.

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  5. Yes I agree it is pretty simple you speak the same language around here and BANG your a nation that is what I think!! I think i would put it into more in this generation language like "A nation is just people that speaking the same language." instead of the other way :)

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  6. No, I do not agree with Giuseppe because you can find nations of people of many different nationalities and languages. Even in the past not all nations had people in them that all spoke the same language. Every person is different. My definition of a nation is a group of many different people being ruled by a certain kind of government, not people who speak the same language.

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  7. No because if you take a look at the United States, we are a united nation, but we don't all speak the same language.
    I think speaking the same language needs to be taken out. I think how many people fight to unify a nation is what makes a nation. That should be added.

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  8. I agree Everyone speaks the same language.

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  9. no i don't agree i think that the citizens should get to use there own language. If we were to be one of those people they probably would have not said that or done it.

    There is very many other things that make a nation like the people or the government. I think that culture would be a very bad thing to say that about.

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  10. I disagree with Giuseppe Mazzini because some people could speak a different language, and still be part of the same nation as someone who speaks a different language then them. People have their own beliefs and customs, and people shouldn't be divided up by the language they speak. America has many different people that speak different languages and we are still a nation. If I were to edit the definition, I would exclude the part about speaking the same language, and include saying that a nation is people in an area that live in the same place, who may or may not have different beliefs or speak different languages than the other people living in the same nation as them.

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  11. I don't agree but i would add in that the people should all share the same civil beliefs and beliefs about government.

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  12. No I do not agree because in a nation if there is a lot of people living in a nation there could be different languages spoken in that nation. Ecspecialy if you conquered many lands to form the nation. I also think that he should add to the definition that they should all agree on the goverment and be loyal to there nation.People should be happy to be there

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  13. i kinda agree because people don't speak the same language because some people speak spanish and sometimes we cant understand them but you will have to learn about there country and to be able to learn what they have.

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  14. no i don't agree i think that the citizens should get to use there own language. If we were to be one of those people they probably would have not said that or done it.

    There is very many other things that make a nation like the people or the government. I think that culture would be a very bad thing to say that about.

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  15. I don't agree but i would add in that the people should all share the same civil beliefs and beliefs about government.

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  16. I don't agree but i would add in that the people should all share the same civil beliefs and beliefs about government.

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  17. I don't agree with Mazzini's definition because there are probably a lot of people that speak a different language and are still apart of a nation. If I could change that definition I would say that there are many other parts of a nation rather than just language like the government or the economy.

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  18. I disagree with Giuseppe. A nation can be universality even if the people speak differnt languages, it is a part of what makes the nation. It is not only language that makes a nation also people, religon and the loyel to one govement. I would take out the one language and add people and govement.

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  19. no, people speaking the same language does not make up a nation it is people who agree with each other.

    If I were to change something about the statement I would say just because people speak the same language , does not make it a nation.

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  20. No, because there can be more than 1 language in a nation. I would change it to " A nation is the universality [sum total] of people who are loyal to their President, King or Queen, Dictator, etc. " Because language isn't a big part of a nation.

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  21. Yes, I agree to the definition of a Nation because lot of people in there own country speak that language. Some things in the definition I think should be in the definition like: religion, history of the people, the rights, government, and beliefs, some of the stuff I listed is what I think some things should be in a nation.

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