Why is it so important to do things "for your country" - General

[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;18536562]This country isn't mine. I don't own shit and I never agreed to this shit, i was BORN here[/QUOTE] Well don't go, you don't have to do anything. Fight the powah!

[QUOTE=Novistador;18536579]lol, I was just about to post that, I second this mans motion. I just finished reading The Fountainhead and am beginning Atlas Shrugged. Look into objectivism if you really seriously want to find the answers to your questions.[/QUOTE] I might get that book actually, did you enjoy it?

[QUOTE=evilking1;18536590]Well don't go, you don't have to do anything. Fight the powah![/QUOTE] or go and cut my leg off.

[QUOTE=Charlie Charles;18535959]Ask not what your country can do for you, but how often you can die for your country.[/QUOTE] Rather don't die for your country, make the other bastard die for his.

[QUOTE=Charlie Charles;18536551]What is Ayn Rand? I always hear about it on FP but never get the time to look it up.[/QUOTE] She's a novelist/philosopher, look her up on Wikipedia or something. On second thought I should've said to read Nietzsche instead, since he talks about nationalism.

[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;18536608]or go and cut my leg off.[/QUOTE] That just makes you less likely to desert. Armored wheelchairs to frontlines!

[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;18536562]This country isn't mine. I don't own shit and I never agreed to this shit, i was BORN here[/QUOTE] that's because you're 11, and nothing is being asked of you until you're 18, when it IS yours

[QUOTE=SnakeHead;18536639]that's because you're 11, and nothing is being asked of you until you're 18, when it IS yours[/QUOTE] Butthurt towel head killing enthusiast; shooting at people makes you a manly man!

[quote=snakehead;18536639]that's because you're 11, and nothing is being asked of you until you're 18, when it is yours[/quote] did i ask for it to be mine?! Do i have any say in the matter?!

[QUOTE=Charlie Charles;18536600]I might get that book actually, did you enjoy it?[/QUOTE] Weather one enjoys reading The Fountainhead really depends on how much they enjoy digesting philosophical ideas. I found it highly interesting in that respect, what one has to understand is that it wasn't written solely for the purpose of keeping you captivated in thoughtless amusement.

[QUOTE=FLoggin Moffins;18536677]Butthurt [B]towel head[/B] killing enthusiast; shooting at people makes you a manly man![/QUOTE] Stop being racist.

[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;18536753]Stop being racist.[/QUOTE] [img]http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41069000/jpg/_41069975_embarrassed_203.jpg[/img]

Because otherwise your country becomes like mine, a western middle-east.

[QUOTE=FLoggin Moffins;18536355]And the dumbest post of the day award goes to...[/QUOTE] You! for sanding your face off!

Dying for your country is stupid. What did my country do for me? It was just luck that I was born in Britain. Patriotism is stupid. Dying for your country is wasting your life. For anyone who thinks blind faith in your country is a good thing, read up on the charge of the light brigade and then come back to me.

Some people are open minded, some are close minded. Some people want to kill people for the way that they are, some people just want people to live their lives. It's best not to argue with the opposite party, because you can't win an argument against an irrational person. [editline]07:16PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Negrul1;18537082]Dying for your country is stupid. What did my country do for me? It was just luck that I was born in Britain. Patriotism is stupid. Dying for your country is wasting your life. For anyone who thinks blind faith in your country is a good thing, read up on the charge of the light brigade and then come back to me.[/QUOTE] THE KAISER NEEDS YOU WELL SHIT THESE MACHINE GUNS ARE PRETTY STRONG. SEND MORE SOLDIERS, MAYBE THEY OVERHEAT.

[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;18537088]Some people are open minded, some are close minded. Some people want to kill people for the way that they are, some people just want people to live their lives. It's best not to argue with the opposite party, because you can't win an argument against an irrational person.[/QUOTE] Yeah, just let them have their way and fuck you in the ass. They'll get tired eventually.

Every soldier's death only further strengthens our resolve! Give your life for the longevity of your mother, comrades!

Because its your motherland. Submit or defend.

[QUOTE=Novistador;18536579]lol, I was just about to post that, I second this mans motion. I just finished reading The Fountainhead and am beginning Atlas Shrugged. Look into objectivism if you really seriously want to find the answers to your questions. Ayn Rand was an Author who created the philosophy of "Objectivism", which is a philosophy which is entirely based on logic and reason. It says that the purpose of ones life is the pursuit of ones rational self interest, and supports such ideas as Individualism, Small government, and Capitolism.[/QUOTE] hahahahaha

I can agree with OP. I want to be left alone by the government. I don't owe them anything, and they don't owe me anything.

[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;18536525]actually 3% of the army's jobs are infantry, the rest are support. thats the united states army, don't know if you mean something else.[/QUOTE] People who fly helicopters in the Army regularly get shot at.

I don't give a fuck about my country, I'll ditch to Canada if things start going bad.

You're not supposed to die for you country silly! You're supposed to make your enemies die for theirs!

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;18539030]I want to be left alone by the government. I don't owe them anything, and they don't owe me anything.[/QUOTE] Except roads, firefighters, police, a justice system, services to keep you from starving to death if you are incapacitated and unable to work, national defense that keeps other countries out, libraries...

We pay for those with taxes, not blood. I refuse to be forced to fight in a war. I don't care how justified the war is.

Not for your country, but the security of your ideals.

We pay for those with taxes, not blood. I refuse to be forced to fight in a war. I don't care how justified the war is.

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;18536426]Except we were close to a treaty at the time of the nuking, so the whole thing was a big US penis parade.[/QUOTE] No we weren't The Japanese would have fought to the last man.

Nationalism is great, and can do wonders for a people or a state. Like appeasement, however, the very thought of nationalism after the ordeal that was the Second World War sends shivers up most people's spines, and they fail to see its true potential for good.