[naciketas]

Is patriotism simply love for one's own country? No, it is something more than that. What then is patriotism. I would like to hear from you.

 

[Apollo Celestio]

Emotional fervor in the name of secular religion.

 

[naciketas]

That is a great answer. It has been unfortunately so everywhere. It need not be emotional first of all. True, I agree.

 

[vittorio.cambria.1]

May be love for mother heart and human kind

 

[OldManRivers]

Emotional fervor in the name of secular religion.

Amen, and Amen.

 

[Baubo]

I am a patriot. I love my country as I love my family. Would fight to defend it, then turn right around and remonstrate with it, if needed. It's not a blind love or a my-family-good & all-other-families-not-good kind of love.