Poll: would you die for your country?
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Wellgabe12301 said:
A) i was born here, not really a choice.
B) last i checked, The world isn't in fact free and i can't live wherever i want. Sure i can apply to live in other countries but until a country said yes i would still be here
C) If i don't have an allegiance to the country i currently claim citizenship to i don't see any reason why i would want to die for another country.
I'd defend where i am because of the people there, beyond that i don't give a shit.
Government is government. If they leave me alone i don't much care what they are doing or who they are
and sure it's a bad view to have. after all
But theres the exact same odds of my government deciding to screw me over as there is a foreign government coming in and taking over.
Though at least they might provide some Viable alternative. To Gillard or Abbot, both of home are incompetent buffoons.
Haha no, the swedish government takes every chance it gets to screw over the swedish people in the name of political correctness. So no I would not die for them.
I would never die for my country; To die for Earth though with purpose... that is another story. So long as I knew that I was doing something right, and it was by my own rights I will happily die knowing I did the right thing. However my Scholarly pursuits take priority right now, so dying with purpose will have to wait until I knock my heads a few too many times.
I wouldn't fight for it, and I certainly wouldn't die for it. I don't have the belief that my country is superior simply because I was born here; if I'm going to fight it's going going to be for me and me only.
Im from lithuania, theres only about 3 million of us.
If my country was invaded or attacked, I WOULD take up arms and fight.
However, my country invades another country, I wouldn't.
P.S. This is my own opinion, as my country doesnt encourage army enlisting.
If my country was invaded or attacked, I WOULD take up arms and fight.
However, my country invades another country, I wouldn't.
P.S. This is my own opinion, as my country doesnt encourage army enlisting.
Would I die for my country? No. Would I die for my home? Yes.
If my country wanted me to go to war for them, I would refuse it for as long as I possibly could. I love Canada, but I wouldn't go somewhere else to fight "for" it. However, if war came here, I would defend my city and home to the death.
Thankfully though, it's Canada... so the chances of either are quite slim; unless I were to volunteer of course, which I won't.
If my country wanted me to go to war for them, I would refuse it for as long as I possibly could. I love Canada, but I wouldn't go somewhere else to fight "for" it. However, if war came here, I would defend my city and home to the death.
Thankfully though, it's Canada... so the chances of either are quite slim; unless I were to volunteer of course, which I won't.
Die not for your beloved country (it's people), die for EA; your Eternal Assholes and Gods of the Dickfinity and Beyond! It's starting to look like that too, makes me laugh lol xDdeathtopenguins said:Origin's TOS for Battlefield 3 says I have to
Also you don't need Origin's to run Battlefield from what I have been told, so don't sweat that one just get the Box.
no because all people really know about us is beer and racism
I would change my mind if games where sold at 60$ new though
I would change my mind if games where sold at 60$ new though
I live here because I was born here... I now have many dear friends and family, and I don't have a lot of money, so even if I wanted to move I couldn't. I don't necessarily love my country, but I love people I know.gabe12301 said:
Why the hell would I die for such a petty thing as a country.gabe12301 said:
"If your not willing to die for it, then why live there? You obviously don't love it there very much"
See, that's the kind of line that makes my blood boil because it's usualy spoken by backward-ass patriotic idiots who constanly flaunt with the phrase "I love my country" and condone everyone who doesn't think the same as someone who doesn't like his country.
I also think that most people who would die for this or that aren't exactly aware of the consequences.
As long as it is not in a 'contributing to something' sort of thing and more like a 'saving the country' sort of thing.
As in, country can be advanced to a golden age if ten thousand people are sacrificed. Than no thanks. If it is like, terrorists set a nuclear weapon in New York, if it is defused it sets out smoke that kills me and everyone is running away but there is only twenty seconds till it blows, I am defusing that thing. My conciseness just cant handle it.
As in, country can be advanced to a golden age if ten thousand people are sacrificed. Than no thanks. If it is like, terrorists set a nuclear weapon in New York, if it is defused it sets out smoke that kills me and everyone is running away but there is only twenty seconds till it blows, I am defusing that thing. My conciseness just cant handle it.
You put a lot of faith in your country.
If your government's military told you it was your duty to suicide bomb innocent civilians 'in the name of your country' you would do it then? If so, why not? Don't you love your country?
I suppose I would die in if my life was directly required in order to maintain ideological freedoms (e.g. arguably WW2, that's about it) or to save many other people's lives (which is not the same thing as dying for your country, hell if my life would save a million Arabs it'd be worth dying for).
I hate the term 'loving your country' and our supposed duty to do so altogether; it's way too abstract. I love liberty, egalitarianism, justice etc. but they are just components of what a 'country' represents. Would you be so forceful towards a North Korean to love their country?
If your government's military told you it was your duty to suicide bomb innocent civilians 'in the name of your country' you would do it then? If so, why not? Don't you love your country?
I suppose I would die in if my life was directly required in order to maintain ideological freedoms (e.g. arguably WW2, that's about it) or to save many other people's lives (which is not the same thing as dying for your country, hell if my life would save a million Arabs it'd be worth dying for).
I hate the term 'loving your country' and our supposed duty to do so altogether; it's way too abstract. I love liberty, egalitarianism, justice etc. but they are just components of what a 'country' represents. Would you be so forceful towards a North Korean to love their country?