what is country or patriot.How boundries are determined.is it an ethnic matter or rilegion which gather people
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Unfortunately, most borders are decided by war.
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I'm really not sure, i would want to fight for my birth country yet i dont know anything about it. I dont know whether they're in the right or wrong and who i will be fighting alongside. If i fight for the country i have lived in most of my life, then i would have a patriotic feel.
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To do establishing country for making a territory in which rulers can make their own rules so that nation of the country would be united and it's also help for making a nation's identification.
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the constitution. the constitution is a contract that describes the restrictions on politicians' powers, thats why they had to sign it. the patriot act is a strategic guideline against terrirism. its also an act of treason in the context of the constitution.
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Patriotism is ONLY the love for one's country.  It has nothing to do with what you believe in politically.  People have turned the word patriot into something that means that if you are a patriot then you are always right.\n\nDo you love America?  The country, not necessarily the government.  Do you love America?  If the answer is yes then, congrats, you're a patriot.  It's that simple.  Don't let politically inclined fools tell you you're not a patriot because you believe in anything else.  All patriotism deals with is love for one's country, ok?
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Nations are formed by people (whom are willing to fight and defend it) cultural ideology and ancestry amongst other factors. To say a single nation was formed by a single person would be incorrect. It's not impossible but very unlikely.
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The dictionary definitions are varied, but the government definition of "people" is the law-abiding, vote-casting citizens of the country.  "The people."  This is why there are loop-holes as far as immigrants and the like are concerned... they can be denied some "rights" if they are not technically part of "the people".  These are dictionary.com's definitions...\n\npeople \n-Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers: People were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people. \n-A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality. \n-pl. peo·ples A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life. \n-Persons with regard to their residence, class, profession, or group: city people. \n-The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the: “those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes” (Thomas Jefferson). \n-The citizens of a political unit, such as a nation or state; the electorate. Used with the. \n-Persons subordinate to or loyal to a ruler, superior, or employer: The queen showed great compassion for her people. \n-Family, relatives, or ancestors. \n-Informal. Animals or other beings distinct from humans: Rabbits and squirrels are the furry little people of the woods.
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Patriot.\n\n\n"A patriot loves his country. A nationalist hates everyone elses"
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Pick an ethnicity and you'll find thieves and fighters. When the show focused on particular groups or areas, it was only one show of many. Another show would focus on another group. I do agree that when noncitizens commit crimes (especially repeatedly) they should be sent back to their home country. However, you want to be very careful about your evidence before you make such generalizations. Even if you observe something, you may not be seeing the whole picture.
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Depends on who is running for office..I have noticed that Bush interchanges these words to fit the audience.\n A terrorist would be an outside agitator with no Country identity ,,whereas the insurgent is not unlike our own forefathers who fought the British.
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It's patriotism when america does/support it, when it's done to them it's called terrorism.
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Patriots are those who abide by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the given laws of the land.  They can be either liberals or conservatives.  It is the interpretation and application of those initial doctrines which separates people.  Both can be patriots.  Both see themselves as patriots although their perspectives differ.  I hope this clarifies and doesn't add to the confusion.
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A foreign national is someone who is a citizen of another country.
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Each Nation has their own system of beliefs.  You'd do better to research them individually by Nation name (Cherokee, Navajo, etc.) and then look for similarities between all of them.
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Hey Sonnyblu I believe the original poster asked that proselytizing be kept out of this thread. Thanks :)\n\nPatriotism and Terrorism- the exact same thing from different perspectives\n\nLook at the American Revolution. To the colonies they were patriots. To England they were terrorists.\n\nEven today, from their (Muslim extremists) perspective they are patriots. From our perspective they are terrorists. I am not saying either side is right in their judgment, but thus is the nature of Patriotism/Terrorism. \n\nWords describing the same action yet holding entirely different meanings.
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You should make difference between patriotism and nationalism. They are both love for ones country, but the first has a positive conotation and the second has a negative.\nSo the result can be from preventing imigrants in the coutry to more drastic things. Such as violation of human rights and gun use.
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You make the assumption that security needs to be a national issue. First you have to accept Nationalism, then supremacism, and then create institutions which work to secure it's future. I guess you could consider the Vatican as institutionalised supremacism, and then you don't need nationalism first. The exception to the rule.\nWho or what decides that a nation is a physical thing that needs so much security? If American means freedom, then it is an idea, rather than a country, and it could possibly become a type of dispersed group, without borders. It depends on whether you can find some common way to keep people connected with it. Borders not only make security convenient for internal forces, but they politically mark where the target lies for external forces.