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Originally posted by Ridley
Does anyone else think the government is pushing this whole patriotism thing a little too much? I mean the flag from the WTC being raised at the Olympics was a nice gesture and all, but don't you think it's beginning to be a bit too much now? Don't get me wrong, being patriotic towards your country is a great thing, but.....do you get what I mean? 
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Without it, bush's approval rating would probably drop a whole lot....
If people stopped being very patriotic (wether fake or not
) about all this, they probably wouldn't care much about the military or whatever and what it's doing, and they wouldn't be like "WOO! TAKE THAT, TERRORISTS!" and instead they'd be like "Hmm... I wonder if Cheney really is hiding something about that Enron dealy
"
I never got into the patriotic stuff anyways, although I kinda liked the WTC flag thing... just cuz... well, I mean the olympics are taking place in the USA... and it's a flag that was recovered from the place of the worst terrorist attack ever on the US where thousands of citizens from countries around the world were killed...
So it all fits nice'n'good in the ceremonies, IMO...
But meh...