Do you love your country?

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by iul, Apr 8, 2008.

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Do you love your country?

  1. yes, I love my country

    62.1%
  2. no, I don't love my country

    20.7%
  3. I don't know/care / I'm not sure / other

    17.2%
  1. #1
    The question is really simple: Do you love your country or not and WHY?
    I don't love mine. If you look past the nationalistic stuff you realise Romania is in no way special(regardless if you're Romanian or not) . It's in no way better than most other countries. It's just another country as any other country in the world and I happened to be born in it. So no, I don't love my country, I just live here.
     
    iul, Apr 8, 2008 IP
  2. lightless

    lightless Notable Member

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    #2
    Patriotism results so often in people fighting with those from other countries.
    And people of a country seeing themself as "different and distinct" from those of other countries.

    We must learn to be true human beings and see beyond the artificial borders of countries and continents.
     
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  3. coderbari

    coderbari Well-Known Member

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    #3
    I really don't care.Its the age of globalization.
     
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  4. BooZzZ

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    #4
    I voted for 'I love my country' , but I'm not a patriot or anything. I guess I like living in the Netherlands, but if I was born in Belgium / Germany / Italy :)cool:) I wouldn't really mind I guess :D
     
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  5. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #5
    i born in Hong Kong (you can say China if you want to) and i spent 2/3 of my life there. I hate the people there that's why i get out and move to US. It has been 8 years since i move to NY

    You will have to shoot me to get me back to HK, i just hate there so much. However, if there is a war broke out between China and US, i don't know which side would i root for
     
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    #6
    I don't love my crimed country. I'm from Ukraine.
     
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    Boardwalk Well-Known Member

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    #7
    I love my country, but I don't like the people running our government. They're absolute crap! :p
     
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  8. meetbro

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    #8
    Everybody loves their country :)
     
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    gworld Prominent Member

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    #9
    Vancouver usually is in the first or second place as the best city to live in. It doesn't have the best weather, cheapest homes or greatest museums but when you add up everything, the result is still great.
    Canada is also the same, we don't have the most educated or liberal people in the world but we have enough. We are not the richest country in the world but we are rich enough, we are not a socialist country but have enough social programs to take care of our people,..... when you add up everything then you discover that Canada is a great country. :D
     
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    coderbari Well-Known Member

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    Cool.
    Canada will be my first to go choice if I ever leave my country :D
     
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    #11
    I love my country but some hate with goverment and corrupted beurocrat.
     
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    #12
    America, Fuck yeah!
    Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah!
     
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    Spider-Man Banned

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    #13
    Evidently....not;)

    I'm from Scotland. Unfortunately, my fellow Scottish citizens are too stupid. One minute they say they want independence (from British government), the next day, the people of Scotland say they don't want independence.

    If we were independent we wouldn't have all those soldiers and civilians blood on our hands. Truly shameful.

    Further to that, the British Prime Minister was born and brought up nearby where I stay. Unfortunately I never thought to jump on his face until he became PM, dammit:(

    Other than that, I love Scotland. I love how I can go from this:
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    To this:
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    In a matter of an hour.
     
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    clookid Notable Member

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    #14
    Certainly. I am a fan of flat roads to begin with - I do not like hIlLs (they make me feel sick... going UP and down). I also enjoy the scenery. New Zealand is great, but I hate having to pay such high amounts of tax...
     
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    #15
    I'm not a big fan of nationalism, but I want my country to be the best place it can be. Not for some abstract notion of patriotism though, but because I think that people (particularly myself, my friends, and family of course) should have the best chance to prosper and live free as possible.
     
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    #16
    Yes I love my country South Africa
     
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    I think everyone does, just because there is no place like home. :)
     
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    #18
    I stopped loving my country when Blair licked Bush's arse and took us headlong into this disasterous BS war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Now he (Blair) has walked away from it all with impunity and has become a Middle East peace envoy. If that wasn't so ironic it would almost be funny.
     
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    #19
    I just had to point it out: You do know Ron Paul is out don't you? :p

    PS- Yes, I love my country.
     
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    AGS Notable Member

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    #20
    Again you are wrong because you let FOX NOOBS do your thinking for you. :p

    Ron Paul has not withdrawn.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...idential_candidates,_2008#Delegate_race_count

    Do not worry, ThraXed and I will continue to pwn yo ass until you do a bit of reading and stop believing everything FOX NOOOOOOBS tells you. :D
     
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