National pride - Progressive Rock Music Forum

goose wrote:

Vompatti wrote:

Why should I feel national pride? I just happened to be born here.

Why should you be proud of your own achievements? You just happened to be born in your body, in your environment and with your genes

Achievements are overrated. Wink

There's a phrase I've come across that I think sums up how I feel about my country "It may be a sh!t hole, but its our sh!t hole".

I am proud and grateful to be a Canadian, and a Newfoundlander.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

I'm American and proud of it. We have our problems but there's still no place I'd rather call home.

avestin wrote:

I'm very proud of the Neutral Zone.

The best place to be.

Excuse my ignorance, but where is the Neutral Zone?

Logos wrote:

Well - the question is "Do you feel ANY national pride?" In that case the question is of course Yes.

Of course I'm proud of the way this country fought for it's independence. Of course I'm also proud of our society - for example our social care and education are better than in most countries. I feel privileged to live here.

On the other hand I don't want to look down on other countries and cultures and I'm not very proud of the fact that over 50% of us Finns vote Right wing. Ermm

EDIT: Also the Evangelic-Lutheran Church has way too much power here. Over 80% of the population are E-L Christians and for example every company has to pay tax to the church, doesn't matter if they're members of the church or not. Evangelic-Lutherans also have exclusive right to religious programs in TV and Radio, and in schools etc.

I lived in Finland for almost six years, but did not realise that the E-L Church had so much power. You should try living here in Italy, where the Catholic Church tries to stick its nose in every matter and influence the decisions of our governments. As to 50% of the people voting right-wing, I think we're in the same boat... Perhaps you heard what happened a month ago when we had our latest general elections.

BTW, I have no particular national pride, though there are some aspects of Italy that I like - namely, the artistic and natural beauty of most of my country, and its great food. On the other hand, there are aspects of the national character (if there is any such thing...) which I positively detest, especially the tendency to dishonesty many seem to have. I hope not to offend any fellow Italians here - I don't want to make any generalisations, but I see too many people taking shortcuts instead of working hard to get things.

Hell Yes

USA...All the way.

Im Indonesian living in Aussie to study!!

I am an American and no, according to the Euros here, we are not allowed to have any national pride.

"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"

Poll Question: Do you feel any national pride?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	38	[61.29%]
No	24	[38.71%]
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