Somethings wrong with the world today!!!!

I think the word patriotism is not very clear to my friend. It is not only the Indo-Pak relations which will decide that we are patriotic or not but it is our love for india that will decide. I don't know why every one starts talking about pakistan when any body start saying any thing about patriotism. We are indians and we should think about india not pakistan. Its not only cricket and sachin to cheer about but every thing and every moment that india wins. Every body now is talking about migration to a developed country to use the better fascilities of that country, when asked about their patriotism they argue why to live in a developing country when i have the chance to live in a developed country. You tell me who made those countries developed, me or you, no they made it developed. CAN'T WE...CAN'T WE...CAN'T WE...!!

dear at no point have i tried to say that patriotism means what u ve written bout.in fact i meant to sound as if that is the way i have seen people around me define patriotism..and i have absolutely no intention of defining it this way. and i dont agree with you on one point "We are indians and we should think about india not pakistan".whatever happened to the brotherhood of man!! why cant we come together and make india a better place to live in,coz really i am sick of the fundamentalist views of peple round here

Lets have some perspective here, friends! The notion of nation-states has its root laid not very long back. For most of human history, we had allegiances to city states - cause thats where our view could span out to. With the emergence of railroad, telegraph - the views spanned out much further - to nations, as building blocks of human cultural experiences I wonder what the internet and the world-wide-web will do to us

common people don't hate each other, they are mear pawns in a much larger geo - startegic game. they are used and sacrificed when ever necessary. what u are talking about is not patriotism but extremism - which translates into "my country right or wrong" and as far as 100 years hence, well their won't be any pakistan in 100 years time to curse at ;)

DEAR,if there isnt any pakistan 100 yrs hence..i m sure there wont be any india either to curse them.. 0KB (0 bytes)

Totally agree with you. Most people are narrow minded to the extend that they stop *thinking* what is write or wrong. It gets worse when it is encouraged (or not discouraged) by society. However, I'm Indian and some of my closest friends for the last 4 years have been Pakistani. So there are quite a few people who are open minded, and judge individuals by their nature and not nationality(/race/religion/caste). But its true that the number of closed minded people who hate others based on where they're from far exceeds the number who are rational. And I dont see that changing anytime soon. Its pretty sad indeed. A famous quote comes to my mind- "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind"- Albert Einstein