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  • #31
    I dislike overt chest thumping patriotism but if you asked me if I was glad I am Australian then I would say yes, absolutely.

    I have the honour to represent my country every day of my life through my work and I try and do so as best I can with a quiet understated Australian sort of dignity and pride.

    Lurking under that typical Australian shyness and understatement is a steely determination to get what we need for our country.
    Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

    Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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    • #32
      I dislike overt chest thumping patriotism but if you asked me if I was glad I am Australian then I would say yes, absolutely.

      I have the honour to represent my country every day of my life through my work and I try and do so as best I can with a quiet understated Australian sort of dignity and pride.

      Lurking under that typical Australian shyness and understatement is a steely determination to get what we need for our country.

      insert American where it says Austrailian and thats exactly how I feel.

      I was just teasing the Canadians, they're really on par with the rest of the US

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      • #33
        I'm not particularly patriotic, but I have varying degrees of support for groups that diminishes the further you get from my socio-geographic grouping.
        One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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        • #34
          I am moderately patriotic. I don't think Canada is necessarily the greatest country on earth, but it's pretty Cthulhu-eating great. At the very least, it's not Bushistan.

          Of course, I wrote the following today for kicks, so whatever.


          A Hymn for Canada

          A northern sea glimmers
          Of maple and beaver
          A vast congregation of people and land

          Our red autumn forests
          Our white winter prairies
          Both wave in the zephyr that glides overhead

          United in spirit
          French, English, and other
          On this fine rock that the First Nations hewed

          We've fought against Boches
          We've fought against Boers
          We'll smite and/or help all who stand in our way

          Inspired by freedom
          And lauded by Nature
          In Ottawa's written immortal decree

          Our borders are open
          To those who will gather
          To live and to prosper, forever be free

          Our nation has heart
          Our nation is limber
          Confederation will thrive and inspire the world

          United in spirit
          Our nation is limber
          To live and to prosper, forever be free


          Meh.:P
          Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.com

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          • #35
            Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
            Maybe. Depends. Why? How much payment, and how much in advance?
            (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
            (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
            (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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            • #36
              Viva la CNT.
              "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
              -Bokonon

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              • #37
                I suppose I'm patriotic in my own way. I very firmly believe in the principles on which my country was founded, and I believe in defending those principles. I hardly agree with everything that my country does, and I frequently disagree with the leadership. I just don't think that those are necessarily mutually exclusive.
                "Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
                "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves" - Victor Hugo
                "It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble." - Mark Twain

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
                  Maybe. Depends. Why? How much payment, and how much in advance?
                  I guess MtG really is a democrat...
                  I'm consitently stupid- Japher
                  I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned

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                  • #39
                    Yes, I am patriotic.
                    He's got the Midas touch.
                    But he touched it too much!
                    Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Theben
                      I guess MtG really is a democrat...
                      Hell, the man asked for money. That sounds more like a capitalist then a socialist to me.
                      Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Oerdin


                        Hell, the man asked for money. That sounds more like a capitalist then a socialist to me.
                        Sounds to me like he wants a handout.
                        I'm consitently stupid- Japher
                        I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned

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                        • #42
                          How can I be Patriotic when my country is the home of the Yankees
                          Stop Quoting Ben

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                          • #43
                            Im a patriot, but saying that I also say that my countrys greatness is built on imigration and foreners.
                            "You should count all humans as your kinfolk and the whole world as your foster country."
                            - Queen Kristina

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                            • #44
                              ehh. I think I had a thread on this.

                              I don't feel paticularly patriotic even though I was in the military.

                              But when they sing the national anthem, or do god bless america, I can't help but get that weird feeling in my stomach and chest.

                              So I guess I am a little bit. Though the goverment disgusts me in too many ways imaginable.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by gerryandersson
                                Im a patriot, but saying that I also say that my countrys greatness is built on imigration and foreners.
                                Sweden's greatness is built on immigration and foreigners?

                                urgh.NSFW

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