Are You, Deep Down, Secretly, Between-You-And-Me, Proud Of Your Country? Even if you're not
Canadian? Because
a lot of people in the world, no matter how badly run their country might be, seem to be just that. Isn't it weird, though - and, well, stupid - to be proud of something that just happened to happen to us and that we've done nothing to deserve, whether for good or for bad? A more telling question that occurs is: what nationality would you
choose to be, if you couldn't be the one you are? Here's
the menu.
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Nov 11, 2003 -
105 comments
Why Must America Always Be The Greatest? Be it the greatest sham or show on earth; why is American nationalism and anti-nationalism always couched in hyperbole and a
childish hankering for being number 1, whether in the best or the worst senses?
Dinesh d'Souza's interesting list of ten reasons to celebrate why he's an
anti-anti-American, although passionate and partly persuasive, ultimately fails to convince because of this constant desire to make the U.S. great by artificially and ignorantly belittling or aggrandizing supposed competitors. Perhaps it's
not all a game and America is quite simply
an OK country, with a standard battery of qualities and shortcomings, like most OK countries in the world?
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Jun 30, 2003 -
59 comments
