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Originally Posted by Phreddie 'It is stupid to feel proud of your home country because you were born there, as you had no choice in where you were born, and no hand in the shaping of that country' |
I completely disagree. There is nothing stupid about showing pride in your heritage, whether that be in the country that you were born in or your ancestors' nationality. Mexican Americans celebrate their heritage from Mexico, African Americans celebrate their African roots, people in New Orleans celebrate their Creole/Cajun heritage. These are not stupid activies and the people are not stupid for feeling this pride. And these activities would be doubly stupid by your definition because they are attaching pride not even to their own country/culture of birth but that of their ancestors.
I would not call someone stupid based on their decision to be proud of their heritage (whether they had pride or they didn't). It is a personal decision but calling someone stupid for the decision they make isn't appropriate.
As to whether I would go to war, I would like to say yes, but using our current situation as the example, I have too much of a problem with the way this is being handled and the motivation of the government in this conflict. In an ideal hypothetical situation where we could assume that I have trust in our governing body then I would sign up. But I would only act in an indirect capacity, probably as an engineer or officer considering my background (even though some would make little distinction between the harm caused by that role and someone firing a gun).