ANTI-WAR OR ANTI-U.S.?

[a_unique_person]

And as far as I know, if the royal families went on a perpetual holiday in the Seychelles and just stayed there forever, not a single thing would change in those countries except for the tabloids (fewer scandals). Politically, real life, they have no influence.

I went on holiday in Tasmania recently. One of the Princes from over there is dating a Tasmanian girl, would you believe. This was page one stuff just about every day.

Anyway, I think the film stars are the new royalty now. Not as scandal ridden as Royals, maybe, but there are more of them.

 

[blackpriester]

I think there is a big difference between this attitude and that shown by other Americans on this forum, such as Tricky, Headscrather etc.

They clearly love their country, but also are not afraid to question what it is doing.

I love my children, for example, but want them to do the right thing. If they do something wrong, I stand up for them, but I also make sure that they know that if they have done something wrong, what it was they have done wrong, why they should not do it again, and what they should have done instead.

If my son was the biggest kid in his class and a bully, I would not just say 'tough, he's bigger than the rest of you, should he apologise for that'.

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Unique, that was the best post I have read by you so far - and there have been some goodies among them already.

You are completely right and you just beautifully illustrated the difference between rightful PATRIOTISM and not-so-rightful NATIONALISM, which can get pretty ugly pretty soon, as especially we Germans know for about 65 years now.