Interesting. Your brother then is more like the humanitarian type of military, like the UN Peacekeepers? I know a guy who joined the Brazilian UN troops in Haiti, but he hasn't returned yet. That's something to admire. Though you still look like you're looking for glory, Alex, no offenseMy brother's sense of fun wasn't just the insane firefights. It was also in helping people, installing security, making them feel safer in a post-Saddam world, etc., despite how we (the US) actually turned their world upside down and helped install insurgency.
It's just that most people that claim they are patriots have a wrong concept of patriostism. Most of them think they should just follow whatever their leaders say, when it isn't so. Patriots fight for their people, not for the government or for hungry corporations, so sometimes fighting these is more patriotic than fighting your government's enemy. That's why I don't find the argument of patriotism really valid for US soldiers fighting on Iraq. Patriots act on defense.
I'm not a fan of patriotism though, I think all countries should work together for the development of humanity as a whole, with well-funded international scientific programs and an international space program. Our space technology is extremely obsolete, and we need to found a new colony as soon as possible if we ever want to avoid our eventual extinction. People never think about really long-term problems and throughout history that has led to their doom many times. I considered myself a patriot once, but the separatist type of patriot, joining a few separatist groups (which are plenty here in RS, part of our culture, actually ).
That guy who lives in the countryside, owns a lot of guns and hates black people. The typical American stereotype. Don't worry, we have the same guy here in Brazil (well, at least here down south, where the Brazilian stereotypes don't apply at all), but guns here are harder to get and hunting is not a common sport.What exactly is a redneck?
Tell me about it. My family used to actually made me make the sandwich. That's why I stopped asking what we'll have for dinner.
Can't even tell you how many times my dad did this to me.
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