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Easier - Patriotism is a love of and loyalty to ones country. ...
Harder - The word patriotism comes from a Greek word meaning fatherland. ... Patriotism was still a love of ones country that included connections to the land and people, but then also included its customs and traditions, pride in its history, and devotion to its welfare.
Today most people agree that patriotism also involves service to their country, but many disagree on how to best perform such service. ...
PATRIOTISM is a strange thing. ... Too much patriotism can also blunt the critical senses, so that a people become less able to recognise their own shortcomings, or their Government¡¦s. Despots love excessive patriotism, and stoke it, because the people are then more easily manip-ulated to carry out their bidding. But too little patriotism can also be bad. ...
It is difficult to measure patriotism, but one can sense when there is too much or too little of it. Patriotism tends to rocket when nations are at war or are engaged in popular sports. ...
Malaysians have also proved their patriotism on many occasions, including during konfrontasi. ... There were no bloody battles between the people and the colonial power to etch patriotism deep into the nations psyche, unlike say in Vietnam and Indonesia. ...
Patriotism can also dip when ele-ments in the community are discon-tented with the Government. ...
Lack of personal or collective selfesteem as a people and a nation may have something to do with reluctance to demonstrate patriotism in public. ... Patriotism one does not wear as a loud tie or purple jacket; it should be in the heart and reflected in our actions. ...
Nationalism, not patriotism, we celebrate on Merdeka Day. ... It hijacks patriotism to wean support for its increasingly untenable position in the country. It extols an extreme form of patriotism, akin almost to chauvinism, by making us fly flags, and cannot get Malaysians to abide. ... To not put a fine point to it, patriotism refers to citizenship, and nationalism to nationality. ... In a society in transition, as Malaysia, the patriotism, political in its definition, is demanded as an alternative to nationalism.
Approximate Word count = 2029
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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