Quote Originally Posted by moeur
Yes, I understand your point about the world as a tribe, but the stucture you laid out puts the world tribe at one end and the family tribe at the other. We have the strongest ties and loyalty to our closest tribe (the family) and those ties weaken as we move outward.

Example: in the middle East, Countries like Iran and Iraq fought for years yet they would band together against outsiders to the Arab world.

Whenever the Earth is attacked by aliens then you will see the World tribe band together, but not before.
I thought about the aliens and the 'we're not alone' thing before I posted the 'article'

I'd just like to add that I'm a little confused, and I'm not so sure that I believe quite what I posted.

I'll be the first to admit that I find this issue particularly difficult to rationalise.

Please be patient!!