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Xeen · 06-12-2003, 09:24 AM

I think that a lot of people confuse patriotism, nationalism and societal responsibility.

Feelings of good will and responsibility to your social community is a good thing (IMHO) - it's what's got the human race to where it is today (in terms of it's great achievements). But I think that the problem is that people tend to close of their idea of social community where their national borders (and in a lot of cases other, smaller borders) end for some reason and so we end up with nationalism.

There's certainly nothing wrong with being happy, or even proud, of what you country (or city or neighbourhood) achieves but I think it's another matter when you start to look down on or hurt others as a result.

06-12-2003, 09:24 AM	#44 (permalink)
Xeen Psycho Location: UK	I think that a lot of people confuse patriotism, nationalism and societal responsibility. Feelings of good will and responsibility to your social community is a good thing (IMHO) - it's what's got the human race to where it is today (in terms of it's great achievements). But I think that the problem is that people tend to close of their idea of social community where their national borders (and in a lot of cases other, smaller borders) end for some reason and so we end up with nationalism. There's certainly nothing wrong with being happy, or even proud, of what you country (or city or neighbourhood) achieves but I think it's another matter when you start to look down on or hurt others as a result. __________________ ~~ Xeen ~~ This court rules that religion must stay 500 yards away from science at all times.