(October 15, 2015 at 8:20 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(October 15, 2015 at 8:17 am)Evie Wrote: Nationalism is so obnoxious.
And it is a made up concept. People seem to claim their country is the best in much the same way as they support the football team of the nearest city. It means nothing except that that is where they are from. Take pride in where you live, but accept that it is not because where you live is special.
I think you got one thing wrong - Nationalism rarely means thinking your country is the best in everything, it usually means just prefering your own country and people to others - Like a Portuguese writer said during the fascist regime, people love their country not because it's the best but because it's their own (i.e. Same way people love wives, husbands and families - My girlfriend isn't the prettiest or best person in the world, but I love her because she is my girlfriend)
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you