There's a big difference between national pride, and blind patriotism. If you love your country, and you know why, then that's cool, but what irritates me are the people who are all AAAH OUR COUNTRY IS GODS GIFT TO THE WORLD, without acknowledging their country's failings, because all countries have them.
America.. well, I have a kind of pity for the place, and I can't say I know enough about China to be freaked out by it. North Korea is another story.
I do indeed like Dante :D I'm halfway through reading his Paradisio.
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Date: 2010-09-24 11:14 pm (UTC)America.. well, I have a kind of pity for the place, and I can't say I know enough about China to be freaked out by it. North Korea is another story.
I do indeed like Dante :D I'm halfway through reading his Paradisio.