| Hello Peter, Thank you for your reply. I really have to disagree with your comments on 'nationalism' Yes, pride MAY lead to arrogance and inability to see things from other people's perspective. But not always. It also unifys a country to deal with whatever issues in hand, and to protect it's interests. Your adopted country overcame a lot over the last 100 years thanks to nationalism. It is the unity in spirit that lead your country to acheive so much. If it is bad, then I think nationalism is something every country is guilty of at some point in time. Sometimes it is whipped up by the government, sometimes it is simply by a picture of a girl on a wheelchair attacked by a thug. As to whether what you see now is a good or bad 'nationalism', let history decide. Right now we are both too firm in our views to see otherwise. |
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