Would You Die For Your Country?

Dean wrote: It has always struck me as being a dumb question - what fking use am I to my country if I'm fking dead? Surely the best way to lose a war is to die for your country - wars are never won by the side that died the most - sure, some battles are, but  they are called pyrrhic victories. If you want to be patriotic - stay alive.

Which is why the ending of Blackadder is so effective

"War's good business so give your son, but I'd rather have my country die for me." - Grace Slick

I guess the answer is probably depends on blah blah blah..

Luckily, we always have somewhere a cruel dictator who can make us fear a bloody invastion and the installation of a totalitarian regime in our countries. So, we are ready to die for our country if it was attacked by said dictator - even if said evil country is located far, far away, through the oceans.

It's not like we were asked to fight against our own governments. Yeah, we don't have to worry about the people we choose as leaders. Never have to.
Come on, we're living in democracies. All our leaders are good, sympathetic, generous and to be trusted.

Yes, if our "leaders" were the first ones in line to die there would be a lot less war.


Edited by Slartibartfast - January 15 2012 at 07:31

It's complicated. Even in such a politically messed up place such as the Middle East and Israel, I still won't sacrifice myself if I have a choice, not for ideological reasons. On the other hand, if my country would be legislating some very un-democratic laws, as it is doing now, I'd probably take it to the streets, as I'm doing now. I guess I'd fight if my country loses its democratic identity, but I'd never sacrifice my life willingly.

f**k it, because my country wouldn't give for me a flying f**k.

Would my country die for me? HELL no. No one gives a crap about one person. So would I die for my country? No. Because I only care about music.

Never. My country is like sh*t anyway.

geneyesontle wrote: Never. My country is like sh*t anyway.