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To: Brumar89 who wrote (297583)	7/30/2006 6:35:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572777

A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism." "The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," MAINES resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country... I don't see why people care about patriotism." Patriotism is the nice name for nationalism. Hitler used nationalism to further his agenda. Ultra patriotism is destructive; to whit, the US in Iraq and Israel in Lebanon.