About Imaginary Lines

This website is an attack on the ideas of national borders, sovereign states, nationalism and the political division of human beings.

I created Imaginary Lines to serve as a place to chronicle and discuss my beliefs that nationalism is a divisive force responsible for much of the strife in the world, that national borders are harmful to all humans, and that no human being is ‘illegal’.

I believe that when one considers oneself ‘American’, ‘Brazilian’, ‘Chinese’ or any such terms one is separating oneself from other humans in the world and ultimately committing an act of violence. (I consider organized religion in similar veins to national borders—divisive, destructive, dulling.)

I encourage dialogue. I do not believe in absolutes. Awareness, truth in education, critical thought, intelligence, love, must prevail.

Simon Griffee
Bracciano, Italy
21 September 2008