Recent content by grenobl

You are absolutely right. In my experience, the ugly starts when the state starts using that common misconception. Talking about my country here - if you want to see bad management, bad judgement, and plain old evil - come see this. It's not much of a consolation, but be aware that you could be...

To stray a bit from the canon vs. everything-else discussion (heh), I'm still amazed by war40k. How come that universe has so much greatness? Maybe it's a childhood influence (i first saw w40k related stuff when i was 8 or 9) but this whole idea sings and dances is wholy light for me (in a...

There you are, it's ok to kill "them", but not "us"... Creepy.

Patriotism is definitely not the same as nationalism. It supposedly means only that you love your own country, while nationalism means that you disrespect other countries or nations. The whole concept of nations is a relatively recent cultural development, it started somewhere after the medieval...