I'm not sure what you meant, but I'll say this:

I think that devotion to one's country takes different forms for different
people.  For some, it means supporting anything that your government does,
right or wrong.  For others, it is a love of the land or the people.  Still
others may love their country for giving them a better shot at life than
they had somewhere else.  Perhaps, most of all, it hinges on how one defines
"country".

Carol

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raw Food Diet Support List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Anwar J Goins
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: Patriotism assumes that you are right and so you must kill
>
>
> But is one devoted to one's country despite other things like Justice,
> righteous or God for that sake. Because many can say that this is not
> their case when in fact it is. I think of those who do the same thing
> with Jesus, Muhammad and Buddha and the Orishas.
>
> Godbless,
> Anwar
>
>  Carol wrote: >
> > I disagree.  According to my dictionary, patriotism means
> simply love for,
> > or devotion to, one's country.  One can love a country that one
> disagrees
> > with, just as one can be devoted to one's friends or relatives while
> > disagreeing with them.
> >
> > Carol
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Raw Food Diet Support List
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dr Bernarr
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:39 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Patriotism assumes that you are right and so you
> must kill your
> > > wrong opponent
> > >
> > >
> > > PATRIOTISM ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE RIGHT & THEREFORE YOU MUST KILL YOUR
> > > OPPONENT WHO MUST BE WRONG
> > > "Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little
> spots, each one
> > > surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of
> > > being born on
> > > some particular spot, consider themselves better, nobler,
> grander, more
> > > intelligent than the living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is,
> > > therefore, the duty of everyone living on
> > > that chosen spot to fight, kill, and die in the attempt to impose his
> > > superiority upon all the others. The inhabitants of the other
> > > spots reason in
> > > like manner, of
> > > course..." wrote Emma Goldman.
> > > Dr. Bernarr
> >