As long as we're here. Try the following questions and reflect on just stuffed the government schools are (ie, how Politically correct) and how stuffed up our heads are:
define patriotism
define nationalism
define racism
define sectarianism
Now hold those definitions while you consider that Nazis believed in racial purity and (worse) 'impurity' AND why was that important? They believed their culture/arts/engineering/attitude was the best and other were contemptible.
So they were -all at once-- racist, nationalist, patriotic, AND sectarian since the only ideologue tolerated was the orthodox Nazi ideology (Mein Kampf).
So much for the premise of my post which is that
- I don't tolerate extreme ***** on religious grounds and cultural grounds therefore I am sectarian.
- I don't think they are less intelligent or sub human but I would not tolerate my daughter marrying one of the *****ic extremists since I regard it as a culture with no redeeming quality at all (especially for females) - is this crossing the line from sectarianism to nationalism.
- The next step. I wouldn't tolerate my community having extreme *****ists living peacefully or otherwise in it's midst. No way ever. Have I crossed the line and become a nationalist if I act on my intolerance and fight back to preserve the community/providence I (metaphorically) inherited from the hands of my fathers and their fathers?
- If my democratically elected politicians run with that intolerance too and defend the nation in a war are we all into nationalist ideology that causes war?
- After Sept 11 2001, isn't that where we are?
Its a fine line isn't it.
Peace flowers beads man.
And there are no peace, flowers or beads in Bagdad.