tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048953.post112409656295449099..comments2023-06-19T13:55:49.396+01:00Comments on Radio Shak: Independence Days And Gaza Pull OutsShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13657830810835591711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048953.post-1124109573588533722005-08-15T13:39:00.000+01:002005-08-15T13:39:00.000+01:00>>but I'm not sure I can bring myself to talking a...>>but I'm not sure I can bring myself to talking about these countries like they are some kind of spiritual being that I've been friends with all my life<BR/><BR/>it's affection for your motherland- their cultural boundary. it's the piece of land that encloses their culture.<BR/><BR/>>>I think that this personification of a country is just one of the symptoms of being over-patriotic.<BR/><BR/>how? i'm unsure how it's over-patriotic. <BR/><BR/>>> I reckon that if people were more patriotic to people than to the clumps of the land <BR/><BR/>well is it all that better? british muslims bombing people they live with and have been brought up with- they're showing solidarity with fundamentalists and a cause that is not really related to them. nevertheless, the affectation is that it impacts people in their culture and so they react to it- it's solidarity to their cultural boundary.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm not sure I understand 100% your view on this. People identify themselves with their culture. In most cases, their cultures (like in India) are encompassed by the borders of their country and it's only natural that people exhibit love and affection for their own cultural identities.Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670555193937700093noreply@blogger.com