When does patriotism cross the line into fanatical nationalism? (WORTH NOTING).* When does patriotism cross the line into fanatical nationalism? When a teacher is suspended for burning the corner of the U.S. flag as part of his free speech lesson. This September 26 Fox News report was immediately followed by instructions on "proper flag etiquette." ... When "The Star-Spangled Banner" is aired on radio stations as a "pop" hit.... When in one breath Americans denounce the burning of effigies ef·fi·gy n. pl. ef·fi·gies 1. A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group. 2. A likeness or image, especially of a person. of George W. Bush while, in the next breath, they purchase from a Texas company Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. pinatas for children to beat at parties.... When hundreds of Arab and Muslim students flee U.S. universities in fear of reprisals REPRISALS, war. The forcibly taking a thing by one nation which belonged to another, in return or satisfaction for a injury committed by the latter on the former. Vatt. B., 2, ch. 18, s. 342; 1 Bl. Com. ch. 7. 2. against them or their families. When reasonable people are turned into impassioned zealots Zealots (zĕl`əts), Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. B.C.). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of A.D. 66–73. , terrorism wins--regardless of whether "we get bin Laden." Karen Ann Gajewski is an editor at the Humanist. |
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