define your concept of Patriotism?

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Re: define your concept of Patriotism?

@words

This is too naive to be philosophical, Many possible questions could be raised, The worst is that "change" is named as "daviation". Here in Pakistan, we treat religion and country the same way i.e. "matters of faith".

A change in an ideology can bring both prosperity and destruction. It depends on the nature of change, Accepting ideology as faith and considering change as deviation i.e. equivalent to sin, is totally absurd. Important thing is not that, on what ideology a state is based when its created(still a debate-able point) but, How it can work now.

Words,
I'll help to relieve your tension.
Right now I am a bit busy. I'll write a resply to your point against "Pakistan vs patriotism" I have answered this post giving Pakistan AS AN EXAMPLE. So stop posting this childish reply again and again. Keep your itellegence to you brainy.... write what you think, and leave my opinion to me....

But let me say one thing. Patriotism is a word being related to a "country" in this question. In my opinion, I do no think I can be patriotic to a country (in my case it is Pakistan) in itself. Culture, language, and etc etc bear no value to me in case of patriotism. If you or others define patriotism on these basis, I am sorry, I cannot. However, I like the culture, language, food etc etc....

Land, being the place where one is born, yes, I have strong affiliations with it but this again is not a reason for me to be patriotic in a sense what the world takes it...

I am only "Patriotic" to my faith and if a country is formed on this pronciple, I am read to die for that piece of land too. I'll not think about a country in this way if what is in perspetrive is culture, langiage etc.....