Hey Asdofindia,
If called upon to fight for the earth against alien invasion yes I would certianly side with the earth. Not due to patritotism though, rather for the survival of the species. I already find much that we do both thrilling an exciting, and some of what we do dismaying and disgusting, but again this has nowt to do with patriotism or a lack of it. What is the point you are making my freind? On 17 Feb, 14:01, asdofindia <[email protected]> wrote: > Think of this: > Our SETI teams succeeds to find aliens... They come to conquer us... > It is inter planet war... Who would you side with? Earthly beings? or > aliens? > Humans, right? You're earthiotic. Then, you will find everything that > human beings do thrilling and exciting. > > Similarly earlier, the world was very divided. And people found joy in > small successes of their nation. And they became patriotic... > > But in the latest scenario (of globalisation), if you're patriotic, it > means that you have to grow up... > > On Feb 11, 6:44 pm, 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.
