tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461328832961918866.post365782972385395404..comments2022-04-09T01:48:49.362-07:00Comments on faQster: Should I Die for My Country?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461328832961918866.post-65861418783463796822007-04-11T06:48:00.000-07:002007-04-11T06:48:00.000-07:00So what happened to the millions who supported Tha...<I>So what happened to the millions who supported Thatcher? It wasn't that long ago; i.e., they couldn't have all died.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, as I alluded: whilst the educated middle classes shudder at the thought of admitting patriotism, (or admiring Margaret Thatcher), that still leaves a large chunk of people that would still wave the flag at football matches without embarassment.<BR/><BR/><I>If Chicago (or Birmingham) is ever replaced with a crater of smoldering ashes, it would not surprise me if Bush and Israel were held accountable by these people.</I><BR/><BR/>It depends upon the size of the crater. <BR/><BR/>Indulging in cultural nihilism, whether home grown or external seems harmless to youths brought up in an era of peace and security. We live in an age of ersatz rebellion where criticism of one's own culture is regarded as a sign of being cultured, but the credibility of such relativism is connected to the absence of threats to existence. Given a suitably large threat, most of these people will return to reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461328832961918866.post-3123614324842566922007-04-10T17:12:00.000-07:002007-04-10T17:12:00.000-07:00So what happened to the millions who supported Tha...So what happened to the millions who supported Thatcher? It wasn't <I>that</I> long ago; i.e., they couldn't have all died. Did they change their minds about whether the UK needs any sort of defense?<BR/><BR/>That said, there is a large American demographic (young, affluent, masochistic, ignorant of history, and patronizing towards the "other") who could easily move back and forth between the enlightened quarters of New York, San Fransisco, Boston, etc., and their equivalents in London. To them, the only threat to the world is President Bush -- which is similar to the British who feel that Israel is a bigger threat than Iran.<BR/><BR/>If Chicago (or Birmingham) is ever replaced with a crater of smoldering ashes, it would not surprise me if Bush and Israel were held accountable by these people.daBonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177146415593329996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461328832961918866.post-50610970822075866092007-04-10T05:17:00.000-07:002007-04-10T05:17:00.000-07:00Anyway, most people would probably be ashamed to s...<I>Anyway, most people would probably be ashamed to say anything other than "yes" to this question -- or at least they would say that they would die for their country under the right conditions.</I><BR/><BR/>An interesting supposition in itself. <BR/><BR/>I would predict that a clear majority in England would not say that now or else would present so many caveats that the statement would be worthless. I presume that in the US you have a different experience. <BR/><BR/>Political correctness is now so embedded in our culture that during the recent football World Cup, there was debate amongst the "thinking classes" about whether showing the England flag was offensive. Several universities in fact banned it on those grounds. There is a virtual complete absence of support for the military within the middle classes. As an example of how far gone we are, consider the fact that the <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/08/wiraq308.xml" REL="nofollow">BBC cancelled a TV play</A> based upon the true story of a black soldier who won the Victoria Cross (highest UK honour) in Iraq <I>because it feared it would alienate members of the audience opposed to the war in Iraq</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com