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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (18398)	9/4/2009 2:03:13 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Imperialism is the selfish ambition of a country to take from other countries what rightfully belongs to them. Here's a pretty good definition of patriotism: Patriotism is love of and/or devotion to one's country. The word comes from the Greek patris, meaning fatherland.[1] However, patriotism has had different meanings over time, and its meaning is highly dependent upon context, geography and philosophy. Although patriotism is used in certain vernaculars as a synonym for nationalism, nationalism is not necessarily considered an inherent part of patriotism.[2][3] Among the ancient Greeks, patriotism consisted of notions concerning language, religious traditions, ethics, law and devotion to the common good, rather than pure identification with a nation-state.[4][5] Scholar J. Peter Euben writes that for the Greek philosopher Socrates, "patriotism does not require one to agree with everything that his country does and would actually promote analytical questioning in a quest to make the country the best it possibly can be."[6] en.wikipedia.org