11-29-2008, 04:27 PM
No. I'm actually ashamed of it.
I don't believe in national pride, we should be proud of our own personal achievements, not our countries. People say they are proud of their country but not their government, excuse me, but the government are the ones who make the country what it is, therefore if you hate the government you also dislike the country.
I don't understand why people feel pround of their contry's history, I mean, what do they have to do with what happened centuries ago? And I also feel concerned when people say that they feel proud of certain parts of history when their country colonized others, I'm portuguese and many portuguese feel poud of the fact that Portugal colonized, enslaved and murdered people in Africa, Asia and South America; that's just disgusting.
Nationalism raises racism, xenophobia and leads to war.
I consider myself a citizen of the world.
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