I was going to let this pass, but two things struck me.
...and making a statement using "celebrity" to insult the man who (whether you like it or not) is the President of our country.
The lead singer said that she was "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas" and complained about the foreign policy. Hardly insults. At what point can you question the actions of our leaders?
Nationalism does not start with corporations, it starts in our hearts. This is the biggie. Are you saying that nationalism is inborn? I don't think it "starts" anywhere - nationalism is too complex a subject. Bringing up Germany again (and in more modern times, Vietnam and Iraq), do you think nationalism started in their citizens' hearts as well? You seem to be making a line between us and them, "their nationalism is brought by external events, while ours is internal", when both sides are a complex interaction between internal and external events.
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Date: 2003-03-17 07:09 am (UTC)...and making a statement using "celebrity" to insult the man who (whether you like it or not) is the President of our country.
The lead singer said that she was "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas" and complained about the foreign policy. Hardly insults. At what point can you question the actions of our leaders?
Nationalism does not start with corporations, it starts in our hearts.
This is the biggie. Are you saying that nationalism is inborn? I don't think it "starts" anywhere - nationalism is too complex a subject. Bringing up Germany again (and in more modern times, Vietnam and Iraq), do you think nationalism started in their citizens' hearts as well? You seem to be making a line between us and them, "their nationalism is brought by external events, while ours is internal", when both sides are a complex interaction between internal and external events.