Well that is the thing Molly, we have a vast history over here, but it is history, those things that others before me achived or wrecked. I have no feelings for it what-so-ever. I personaly had nothing to do with the history of my country, thus I have no feelings about it. It was not me that achived great things and it was not me that performed shamefull actions, so I have no emotional attachment to it at all.
On 11 Feb, 15:05, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you feel a sense of history, and all that your country, the people > in it, and the land it is on has experienced, without feeling pride or > shame? For me, that connection beyond the identity value, knowing > that I am a part of the whole, and the ethic of willingness to > participate and contribute to the whole that naturally arises, is the > true patriotism. > > On Feb 11, 8:44 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We have, like most things, had a bash at this here before, but I still > > have unresovled questions so here goes again. > > > I'm not really a patriot, it's not that I hate my country, I certianly > > don't, but I don't really love it either. I don't feel anything for > > the land in which I have been blessed to be born. > > > I don't get patriotism, I simply don't understand how one can feel > > pride in the achivments of ones country without also feeling the shame > > for the shamefull things, and most patriots that I am aware of > > certianly do not exhibit that they feel such shame, whilst the pride > > of any patriot is almost overwhelming. I don't undertand this. > > > What vaule or merit is there in patriotism? > > > In the interest of full disclosure though I must admit that as a > > native Londoner, my heart does skip a beat everytime hear a London > > accent on the TV, or in a piece of music, yet I have come to quite > > detest the city(perhaps this is just my age?). I feel no pride in > > being a Londoner, the footie team I support is a Northen english one, > > yand I certianly can't explain this heart skipping thing at all. > > > What do you think?©- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
