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Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I have to ask. Is it not hip and cool anymore to love your country?
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I have to ask. Is it not hip and cool anymore to love your country? Are the arguments against the abuses of nationalism so strong that we don't have any valid form of love for our people or our land?
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I can't help it, I see us as shunning our identity for a corporate version of internationalism and nonsense.
Originally posted by Golf66
Belongingness is the third tier on the Hierarchy of Needs. All people have the strong desire to be part of groups if those groups are exclusive or special the better.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
well at least give those of us who do love their people and their land long enough to die in peace....
let us die without being completely humiliated as the UN and all this world unity BS comes to a head as you eliminate the last countries not inline with your way of thought.
...Lord knows that nothing is worth personal discomfort.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
Maybe I am doing this for myself. Maybe I just need to feel special. Maybe I can't admit that I want to give up on us as a people.
edit on 1-8-2012 by BIHOTZ because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MrUncreated
Patriotism is just another form of control. And there are many forms.