Patriotism

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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    Dino283 wrote:
    well well.Hear we go again.Patriotism mean's to love ure land no matter what. to support youre men in uniform and to fly the flagg high and proud.

    an if some no good liberal like you ever went a piss on my flagg, ide a popped a pellet in ure ass.Fair enoughyou can write all the shit you want.But to do somethin that low should get you the chair imo.

    I wonder if you'd feel the same if a liberal was actually in power.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Dino283 wrote:
    well well.Hear we go again.Patriotism mean's to love ure land no matter what. to support youre men in uniform and to fly the flagg high and proud.

    an if some no good liberal like you ever went a piss on my flagg, ide a popped a pellet in ure ass.Fair enoughyou can write all the shit you want.But to do somethin that low should get you the chair imo.

    Not to be picky about proper grammer and spelling, god known I'm not the greatest speller, but I believe you should be able to at least spell flag correctly before you go shooting people for desecrating yours.
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  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    its only when in a foreign land that I actually feel english, otherwise itmeans little to me. As a teenager I felt that I was irish due to my family and perhaps an unspoken desire to be different but i now realize the fallacy of that notion.

    National borders in the main surely represent only one hegemonic power having layed down its marker. But I dont feel all nationalist feeling is harmful(take sporting events for example), its just been utilized so in the past.
  • prljam85
    prljam85 Posts: 227
    I believe patriotism is important. its the life and soul of a nation. If you have an entire nation of people who dont care about their country or about their culture, language, or share any values with their fellow countrymen that nation will not last. Nations like that fall to the ground when their nation is challenged. without patriotism there is nothing holding the country together. look at Iraq, you have two different groups of people of the same country taking turns killing each other instead of trying to build up their country. the sunni muslims in Iraq dont share the same values and patriotism as the krds or shia' muslims. whether you agree with the war or not something has to be done, the days of saddam are over and Iraq will never rebuild until the sunni's, shia's and kurds in that country unite and recognize that they are countrymen and are all Iraqis.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    By gawd I'll take youns out Nine Mile and lern ye a good'un!
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    prljam85 wrote:
    I believe patriotism is important. its the life and soul of a nation.

    And it's nations which represent division. Division leads to conflict. Nations, flags and patriotism encourage us to focus on ourselves and blind us to the wider world. This is why I said I piss on all flags.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    prljam85 wrote:
    look at Iraq, you have two different groups of people of the same country taking turns killing each other instead of trying to build up their country. the sunni muslims in Iraq dont share the same values and patriotism as the krds or shia' muslims.

    This situation has nothing to do with 'values and patriotism'. This is a religious conflict. This religious strife which we see in Iraq is the equivalent of the strife between nations when their divisions are encouraged by 'patriotism' and 'flags' as opposed to different slants on the same religion.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Bumped into a patriot today.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Byrnzie wrote:
    And it's nations which represent division. Division leads to conflict. Nations, flags and patriotism encourage us to focus on ourselves and blind us to the wider world. This is why I said I piss on all flags.

    Do you vote?
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    gue_barium wrote:
    Do you vote?

    I voted last time around in the attempt to get Blair out. It was my first time. Why?
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I voted last time around in the attempt to get Blair out. It was my first time. Why?

    It might be argued that this is a patriotic act on your part.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    gue_barium wrote:
    It might be argued that this is a patriotic act on your part.

    I was thinking it would benefit the wider world.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I was thinking it would benefit the wider world.

    Hmm. New world patriotism?
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    gue_barium wrote:
    Hmm. New world patriotism?

    Something like that.
    Global community patriot, human patriot,world patriot e.t.c
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Bumped into a patriot today.
    Was it this guy?? ;)http://www.myspace.com/diamondmind50

    If so, he's my new friend. I go to his page periodically to listen to the song "United" by Judas Priest. (I'm listening to it right now, as a matter of fact!)
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  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Something like that.
    Global community patriot, human patriot,world patriot e.t.c
    I'm in. Where do I sign up?
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    angelica wrote:
    I'm in. Where do I sign up?

    My place! ;)
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Byrnzie wrote:
    My place! ;)
    Considering global thinking/perceiving precedes global action, I'm already there! ;)
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    angelica wrote:
    Considering global thinking/perceiving precedes global action, I'm already there! ;)

    Put the kettle on then. I'll be home at 7pm. :)
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Put the kettle on then. I'll be home at 7pm. :)
    I'll be waiting with bells on....if not the kettle. :rolleyes: ;)
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