Quote Originally Posted by Deloused
What is up with all this patriotism?

Makes me feel sick when i realise there are so many stupid people out there ready to support what effectivly is a religion.

And why are people "proud" when they hear of their country's success in sports, technology or past wars?

what the FUCK did you have to do with ANY of it?

Countries are invisible lines drawn on a map.

Very simple, because 99.9% of us(me, included) are not known in the world, but if you were to say " I am American" that tells alot about who and what you represent. A big, bad 500 lb mother fu%cker of a big brother.
Nationalism allow the individual to be bigger than they could be by themselves. Besides even if someone sits on the "bench" and never plays in the game, it still grants him bragging rights --nobody likes to be on the losing team. That's why some many foreigners don't like us, because they suck and are always on the losing team