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No apologies. This just brought tears to my eyes. God bless America.   


Edited by em1o, 23 April 2015 - 11:37 PM.

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Bro are you okay?


What's the big fuzzy bunnyng deal? Lots of amazing people have committed suicide, and they turned out alright.

 


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Strange how you post this a day before ANZAC Day here in Australia/New Zealand.

 

And don't worry if you don't know what that is - it's sort of a Remembrance Day but just for a battle where numerous Australian and New Zealand soldiers died fighting for their country. Special thing is that tomorrow is the 100th ANZAC Day so it's quite a big thing.

 

So yes, go America, but I prefer go the ANZACs (Australian New Zealand Army Corps), who have died for their country.


Edited by Dawn_of_Ash, 24 April 2015 - 02:20 AM.


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He is an old war vet. God bless ya bro and the USA! <3


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He is an old war vet. God bless ya bro and the USA! <3

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The headlines in the US are talking about Germany recognizing Turkish Genocide (of Armenians), an event of 100 years ago.

They're doing that because one hundred years ago tomorrow, the WW 1 allies tried to drive the Ottoman Empire out of the war with the Gallapoli campaign, where Winston Churchill spent 100000 lives for no gain.

First on those beaches were the ANZACs and they were obliterated. Oz and Enzedd remember them today.

I can understand aregon's post. We're a very ethnocentric people with a lack of awareness of much of what is driving people outside of our own space.

Let's be proud. Let's also be aware.
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Can't edit from the phone. Omega, you too.

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I'm not at all patriotic so... that explains that when I saw this thread title I thought it was a joke at first. Also, reminded of that song from Starship Troopers 3. You know, that one.


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thank you USA imperialism, neo-colonialism, for funding now-members of the ISIS, among other things

 

EDIT: will say this though, thanks for the internet.


Edited by WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, 24 April 2015 - 09:18 AM.

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Thank you for your time,

 

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This thread as a large potential to end in disaster.


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Before this gets locked ... I'm still glad I do live in a country where I can speak my mind  and not get jail for it ....yet.



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What do people understand patriotism as and what do people understand nationalism as?


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Hawken is based in America.  Go US


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What do people understand patriotism as and what do people understand nationalism as?

I think that's an easily blurred line. I think that you can be patriotic without displaying it outwardly. I also believe that someone who is patriotic about their country can recognize problems with their government or peoples, whereas on the more fervent end of nationalism one believes their country can do no wrong.

 

I'm not super educated on political terms like this though, so I could well be completely wrong.


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And then Canada can take over the US and call it the "US, eh?"


Edited by Panzermanathod, 24 April 2015 - 09:37 AM.

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What do people understand patriotism as and what do people understand nationalism as?

Americans are patriots, everyone else are nationists. Same fuzzy bunny, different names.

 

And then Canada can take over the US and call it the "US, eh?"

GOLD.


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*USA hate intensifies*

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No but in all seriousness this is no way to represent yourself or our community and makes me somewhat embarrassed for all of us.

Americans are patriots, everyone else are nationists. Same fuzzy bunny, different names.

Actually patriotism is not a strictly US term. It's meant to signify a sense of belonging to one's country and culture as one sees it, regardless of what country that may be. Nationalism and ethnocentrism have more fascist ties and are closer to being similes than patriotism and either of the other terms.

Edited by ticklemyiguana, 24 April 2015 - 02:31 PM.

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Actually patriotism is not a strictly US term. It's meant to signify a sense of belonging to one's country and culture as one sees it, regardless of what country that may be. Nationalism and ethnocentrism have more fascist ties and are closer to being similes than patriotism and either of the other terms.

 

'Twas satire... a joke about the local propaganda. Not that any other country is different... they all need cannon fodder. :)



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What ought to be understood by all in a discussion regarding the merits of either is that all countries are without exception, bought with force. Those people with the means and the willingness to use such a force often become overwhelmed with the choices that must be made, and often many small decisions can lead even the steadiest wielder of said power down a road that his or her populace, and the world at large, may disagree with.

The ability and willingness to use force, power, at its core, is like trying to pilot a freight train through a doorway on an ice rink. The only real control you have is how much force you're willing to use.

Nationalism or patriotism are both a level of loyalty to a segment of the human populace carved out from the rest by violence. As such it seems rather silly to dislike anyone based on their nationality, as few citizens would be willing or able to do as their countries have done. On the flip side, I also feel it's somewhat silly to feel nationalistic or patriotic in there era of the Internet, where I know for a fact that many readers are based across oceans, and I in no way wish to be carved from them by force or violence, which is one of only two reasons I am at all. The other is just geography.

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My country (The US) has a lot of fuzzy bunnyed up stuff, from its government to its schools to its civil rights just to name a few. But nevertheless I am proud to be a citizen of my country, and of its faults I see only obstacles to overcome, nothing more, nothing less.

 

I am working towards a commission in the Air Force and have been volunteering in the armed forces since I was pre-teen. However, you will find few of my colleagues who attack and debate the problems in the US more than me. After all, its is oh so important to remember that at the end of the day, we are all simply humans on this entire earth, no ifs or buts about it.

 

Blind patriotism is like blind love. Its stupid, and it simply consists of you lying to yourself. But patriotism as the belief in a country's ideals and what is striving for, while also acknowledging its many faults and working to fix them is an admirable thing. God (which is a whole another topic I refuse to get into on the internet) bless the USA, and the world.

 

Thats my view on patriotism.  :smile:


Edited by Seron16, 24 April 2015 - 07:31 PM.

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Hmm, no idea what happened here, double posted somehow...


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I would love to see what happens if the US flag was posted in the "Pointlessness" thread...

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I would love to see what happens if the US flag was posted in the "Pointlessness" thread...

Likely nothing.


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I would love to see what happens if the US flag was posted in the "Pointlessness" thread...

Nothing productive. Please don't, you'ld just be  building a lightning rod for vitriol.


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Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beamz.  http://www.instructa...minum-Foil-Hat/


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Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beamz.http://www.instructa...minum-Foil-Hat/

 

As such a topic has been less-than-welcome in the past I would suggest that this is not the place for the discussion on on the effects of fuels for aeronautical jet turbines on the structural integrity of iron-carbon alloy extrusions, and that it should be left to those with expertise such as material scientists or mechanical and process engin-

 

-oh. right.


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