Comments on: Quote: Mark Twain on Patriotism

By: Art

Art — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:04:31 +0000

Interesting. Mark Twain ran out west to avoid fighting in the Civil War. Since he was from Missouri, a southern state, I wonder which country he “supported”. Yeah, he wrote against slavery, but when the time came to make a stand, he fled.

If it had been left to gutless malcontents like Twain, the Union would have been dissolved and millions of people would still be in bondage.

Easy to mock patriotism when all you do is live off the sweat and sacrifice of others.

By: tomtheman5

tomtheman5 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:08:02 +0000

How relevant!

(for us Americans, at least…)

By: B

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:53:00 +0000

I would love to have this as a bumper sticker.

Also, don’t confuse “patriotism” with “nationalism.”

By: Johnald_Chaffinch

Johnald_Chaffinch — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:05:17 +0000

patriotism is evil, everyone’s the same. flag obsessed idiots

By: flareak

flareak — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:14:05 +0000

patriotism can be quite dangerous. you should read what c.s. lewis has to say about patriotism.

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:35:16 +0000

Too bad too many people lose sight of this.