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**doctorzlo** · 11-19-2005, 08:00 AM

Hi Sandeep,
Firstly, these are not rules; these are just basic principles, which are not difficult to follow. You just need will power to overcome certain shortcut/ selfish methods in your normal everyday living.

It is always easy to point your fingers at politicians, bureaucrats, and law enforcement authorities for the mess in the country. However, nobody likes to do his/her duty or responsibility towards the society. Everybody loves easy living by any shortcut method, thinking it is not a big crime. Small drops of water finally become an ocean. Therefore, the mess is created by us the ordinary citizens.

I am not saying the rules ('principles' as u call them) are wrong. Ofcourse all those are good/right and important things that as a social animals all needs to follow. All I am saying is Patriotism is not a superset of all these qualities but one addition quality which is intermingled with others.

For Example - Following Law and Order

A person who kills his wife's rapist is breaking law. But does that make him unpatrotic, NO. But say a person denounces his country at an international forum is unpatriotic (what he is saying may be true and lawful).

Love without action is as good as dead. Loving your country is not a feeling but it is an action.
If one doesn’t DO the right thing for his country, he is definitely not loving his country, he is selfish. He just feels that he loves his country and fools himself.

I am sorry but Love is just a feeling whether its for a person or a country.

But if you call the feelings of someone who doesnt agree to you as fooling then there is no scope of debate.

It will be FOOLISH for a FOOL to argue with someone who considers him FOOl. (wow what does that mean

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11-19-2005, 08:00 AM	#8
doctorzlo Join Date Jun 2006 Posts 4,488 Senior Member	Hi Sandeep, Firstly, these are not rules; these are just basic principles, which are not difficult to follow. You just need will power to overcome certain shortcut/ selfish methods in your normal everyday living. It is always easy to point your fingers at politicians, bureaucrats, and law enforcement authorities for the mess in the country. However, nobody likes to do his/her duty or responsibility towards the society. Everybody loves easy living by any shortcut method, thinking it is not a big crime. Small drops of water finally become an ocean. Therefore, the mess is created by us the ordinary citizens. I am not saying the rules ('principles' as u call them) are wrong. Ofcourse all those are good/right and important things that as a social animals all needs to follow. All I am saying is Patriotism is not a superset of all these qualities but one addition quality which is intermingled with others. For Example - Following Law and Order A person who kills his wife's rapist is breaking law. But does that make him unpatrotic, NO. But say a person denounces his country at an international forum is unpatriotic (what he is saying may be true and lawful). Love without action is as good as dead. Loving your country is not a feeling but it is an action. If one doesn’t DO the right thing for his country, he is definitely not loving his country, he is selfish. He just feels that he loves his country and fools himself. I am sorry but Love is just a feeling whether its for a person or a country. But if you call the feelings of someone who doesnt agree to you as fooling then there is no scope of debate. It will be FOOLISH for a FOOL to argue with someone who considers him FOOl. (wow what does that mean )
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