Talk:List of German supercentenarians/@comment-27628170-20160205225321/@comment-258494-20160208201228

Please read Benedict Anderson's "Imagined Communities."

Let me also say this: there are different ideas to different people, cultures, nations, and states about what the meaning of "nationality" is.

Some believe "nation" to mean an "ethnic group"...so you could have the "Cherokee nation."

Some believe "nation" to mean "political state." So, you could have "United States."

Some believe that "nation-state" and "ethnicity" are one in the same.

Some believe that one's nation-state defines one's nationality (i.e., France today).

Some believe you can be members of multiple nations at the same time...some even believe in multiple overlapping sovereignty.

This can quickly become a mess, a boondoggle, something that detracts from the focus and purpose of the Gerontology Wiki...which is, firstly, about "gerontology", or the study of human aging and longevity.

Note that political discussions about "what is an empire?" can quickly overtake the purpose, the focus.

The fact is, biologically speaking, we all have the same biological timeclock ticking within us, regardless of where we were born.Ryoung122 (talk) 20:12, February 8, 2016 (UTC)