Released on = January 17, 2006, 3:43 am

Press Release Author = Patriotic American Gift

Industry = Consumer Services

Press Release Summary = Some instances of patriotism induce almost universal
admiration. To give just one of many possible examples, in 1940, a number of Dutch
soldiers gave their lives in a hopeless cause attempting to defend the Netherlands
from invading Nazi armies. This act would be considered by almost everyone to be a
clear case of selfless, admirable patriotism.

Press Release Body = Patriotism is a feeling of love and devotion to one\'s own
homeland (patria, the land of one\'s fathers). This article surveys the concept of
patriotism from the viewpoints of history, politics, ethics, and biology.

Different people have different opinions about whether patriotism is morally good.
Often, these opinions vary according to what sort of patriotism is involved.

Some instances of patriotism induce almost universal admiration. To give just one of
many possible examples, in 1940, a number of Dutch soldiers gave their lives in a
hopeless cause attempting to defend the Netherlands from invading Nazi armies. This
act would be considered by almost everyone to be a clear case of selfless, admirable
patriotism.

Yet many of the invading Nazi soldiers doubtless felt, too, that they were engaged
in a patriotic act, in this case on behalf of the German nation. Many of them had
been indoctrinated in a form of unquestioning patriotism during their teenage years,
while they were members of the Hitler Youth. Very few people today, even in Germany,
would consider the unprovoked German attack on Holland to have been justified, and
to the extent that patriotism facilitated it, then patriotism could be considered,
in this case, a bad thing. Throughout history, various governments have invoked
patriotic feelings to support military aggression, arbitrary imprisonment of aliens,
and even murder, acts considered evil by most individuals.

Many believe that the surge in patriotism enabled a number of major changes in
national policy. The (significantly named) USA PATRIOT Act, which was signed into
law on October 26, 2001, was designed to combat terrorism but is considered by many
to constitute a harmful assault on civil liberties. It is also possible that the
patriotic surge created a political climate under which it was possible for the Bush
Administration to launch wars first in Afghanistan and then (far more
controversially) in Iraq.

Like almost all wars, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq appear to have increased
patriotic feeling. As casualties have mounted and opposition to the war has
increased, a pattern seen earlier in the Vietnam War has reemerged: those in favor
of war consider that those who oppose it are unpatriotic, or even outright traitors.
Several conservative commentators have indicated they feel that news that paints the
US in a negative light is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Since war opponents
understandably resent such accusations, the political debate has taken place in an
atmosphere of increasing anger.



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