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Are you an inhabitant of your nation, or of your language?

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The latest installment of the Metal Gear Solid series is centered around an interesting idea; people are better defined by the language that they speak than the country that they are from. The idea of “Linguistic Determinism” is not new, and there is scientific evidence to support the fact that the language we speak can influence the way we perceive the world around us. But is a language a homeland? Or are we all infected by the deadly virus? Please discuss in the comments!

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ASSET LINKS:

0:12 Metalgear Various Media
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metalgear-various-media.jpg

0:37 Anathemas and Admirations
http://www.amazon.com/Anathemas-Admirations-E-M-Cioran/dp/1611456886

0:40 Emil Cioran
http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Emil_Cioran

1:18 Inconceivable! High Quality
youtube.com/watch?v=OHVjs4aobqs

3:07 Max Weinreich
http://epyc.yivo.org/content/12_1.php

3:10 History of the Yiddish Language
http://www.amazon.com/History-Yiddish-Language-Volumes-Yale/dp/0300108877

3:52 Wenzhounese
esotericlinguist.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/wenzhounese-romanization-part-3-tones

4:34 22 Jump Street - My Name is Jeff | FULL SCENE | HD 2014
youtube.com/watch?v=b7SGSl-UnW0

4:40 Boomhauer Season 2
youtube.com/watch?v=5Jzvh2IeLmo

5:49 Austin Powers - ENGLISH English
youtube.com/watch?v=PgPH0tYXJrA

5:51 Micky Flanagan - Half and Half
youtube.com/watch?v=q04UlwXo5zA

5:53 Snatch - Mickey Almighty Speaks Pikey
youtube.com/watch?v=4LJw6PAi5Q8

6:51 I am not nice!
youtube.com/watch?v=NVppuv9Pcqk

7:27 William S Burroughs
http://gawker.com/reality-is-the-joke-and-paranoia-the-remedy-william-s-1515115327

7:31 Electronic Revolution
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Revolution

9:46 Eurotrip - "He's going to Berlin"
youtube.com/watch?v=O5mIm4bPBWE

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Music:

"Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm)

"Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)

"Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master
soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter-

"Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/)

"Dizor" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/440

"Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/440

"Something like this" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/440

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