> > Belated 4th of July rant over.  I'm sure that patriots in 
> all nations 
> > can understand my ire.
> > 
> > On Aug 9, 2008, at 11:47 PM, Cedric Chang wrote:
> > Sad to be a citizen of  the USA
> 
> Pointing out where your country is making mistakes or doing 
> evil is the most patriotic thing you can do.  In the end, our 
> country is what it is NOW, not 100 or 200 years ago.  If we 
> have flaws, expose and fix them.
> It's the best way to honor the principles it was founded on.  
> It's not unpatriotic to feel sad about your country if you 
> feel it's heading in the wrong direction.


Sure, but it doesn't take long for 'pointing out flaws' to become 'random
useless whining & complaining'.  If you don't like it, go fix it.  If you
can't fix it, at least offer a solution along with your complaining.  Geez,
I'd even settle for a decent explanation about WHY you think something
sucks.

Besides, complaining to a bunch of nerds is going to achieve.....???

If I want to hear incessant complaining about 'that sucks', 'you're all
idiots', 'I don't like this place', 'voting is for morons', 'gah fascists!!'
then I'd take a 2-year old to a supermarket.

Tony

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