Sonnenritter said:
Being proud of what imaginary border you were born within or what political system your government utilizes seems a bit ridiculous. Culture and heritage is where I place my pride.
Eh? Cant Democracy be seen as sort of a heritage also? So again, only because you were born in a country that's lead by a democracy, you have more reason to be proud than someone from a country where people are still struggling for it?
And are you also saying that as a German, I should feel shame and guilt for what happened in the Third Reich? Or am I totally messing up here?
How do you define pride then?
For myself, I know pride only as a feeling of comfort after having succesfully tackled a difficult situation, a test or anything comparable.
The other "pride" Ive come to know is this feeling of superiority because of your nationality, which I dont get at all. How is anything done in your countrie's name anything you could be proud of, how is it in any way related to you? You happen to have the same nationality as a great writer or whoever.. big deal.
Or the other way round. Im german, one of my grandfathers was anti-aircraft cannon assistant and carried ammunition to the guns, both of my grandfathers were in the Hitlerjugend, should I feel shame now, what I think is the opposite of pride?
Or would it be reasonable when I felt proud because Goethe was german?
Or could it be that pride is used to describe a feeling of confidence about who and where you are?
And where is my thread going?
