I found this while randomly surfing the blogs of others. It was a link that I found that took me to this brilliantly-written Malaysian blog. This sums up so much of how I feel about patriotism in the United States and it’s my guess that a lot of people from different countries could easily apply it to themselves.
Blindly accepting or following ANYTHING doesn’t make you stronger or smarter. IMO, it’s quite the opposite. Even if the things you are accepting or following are good or right, if you accept it because you’re supposed to, without having a full understanding of what it means, then under NO circumstances are *YOU* good or right for doing it.
You’re just blind and sheep-like.
Read the post. It’s worth your time.
~FG };^>
” Then they told me that I party like a rock and roller. I liked it enough to not explain that rock and rollers, One, have a lot more money than I do (or find ways to get it) and Two, do a whole lot more drugs.