(July 9, 2012 at 7:23 pm)JohnDG Wrote:(July 9, 2012 at 7:20 pm)aleialoura Wrote: It's interesting to learn that not much is mentioned about it in the UK. It was actually a pretty interesting war, as wars go.
I don't really celebrate the 4th, honestly. It's hard for me to get all misty-eyed and patriotic over the independence day of a nation built on the backs of slaves and washed in the blood of it's native people. I have never felt I belong here.
That's because you are an american, not one of these.
- People who believe their “way of life” is under attack
- People who are “fiercely nationalistic (as opposed to universal and international in orientation)
-People who consider themselves “anti-global” (presumably those who are wary of the loss of American sovereignty)
There are a lot of good people and cultures that are under attack!
Enjoying a particular culture is not the opposite of having a universal reference. In fact having security in your own roots leads to a more open culture.
I can be anti global, because I don't like the current agenda of globalisation to put economic values above all others.
