From: Jei (jei@cc.hut.fi)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 15:06:21 MST
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Erik Aronesty wrote:
> Anything wrong with being willing to die for a country?
No more so than willingness to die for any other equally
stupid cause or reason, from an individual's point of view.
From a government's point of view, "standard majority
tv-propaganda set" -believing goons are a vital necessity.
Some people simply lack individuality and believe what
they're told, do what others do, and do as they are told.
They are incapable of forming their own original thoughts,
hence they adopt majority opinions, repeat them and just
go with the drove. It takes great energy, courage and
character to go against the majority. (The US government is,
however, showing great individuality in acting in it's
representative's own personal self interest (war profiteering).)
From an individual's point of view, however, accepting the
beliefs of another as superior to your own, and obeying and
acting on them against your best interest (such as dying
because of them) means you either lack individuality or are
not capable of it, or are just damn stupid to have been fooled
into a situation where you have to act against your own best
interest because some group's interest so demands (e.g. dying
for your country).
Some examples:
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story823.shtml
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