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ON PATRIOTISM

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  image courtesy A t the outset, let me confess that I am a strong votary of the theory espoused by Charles Darwin, Evolution. And I think that everyone who has read and taken to heart that theory should also pursue the observations of the human socio-biologist, as he is called, Desmond Morris. In particular, I would recommend the reading of his two titles – Naked Ape and Intimate Behaviour. And for those who do not, this would be just a fantastic flight of imagination. Having defined the setting of my thoughts, I can now dwell on the burden of my song. Patriotism, to put it in the zoological sense, is simply the territorial instinct of the animal. This instinct is more pronounced in the case of mammals. The longer gestation and weaning period, that is the hall mark of the species, must have been the reason why this species turned out to be passionately protective of its native environs. A concern for safe rearing maybe one of its underlying reasons.  This behavior is a marked tr