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Old 04-20-2010, 03:47 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by apocalipstic View Post
My thought is that what is being proposed is pretty much what I was taught in school while in the US. Jingoistic fervor. Other countries have it too.

I have always thought Nationalism is dangerous and arrogant and had hoped that by now we as a nation would be better than this.

The only good side I can see is that kids today have Libraries and the Internet and hopefully will learn to think for themselves like we did.
I agree, but with a new twist. I also went to public schools in the States and was subjected to some of this. But isn't this the same thing we (North Americans) criticized of Communist countries?
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