tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702969554933588887.post624638544021618008..comments2023-10-01T04:02:53.766+11:00Comments on Inelegant Superabundance: Happy Australia DayAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972857863193398796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702969554933588887.post-30288248803527779972013-01-27T12:47:15.678+11:002013-01-27T12:47:15.678+11:00Oh dear, I didn't mean to pick on Americans or...Oh dear, I didn't mean to pick on Americans or to annoy you enough to provoke a comment. Neither did I mean to say that patriotism or nationalism originates with Americans, how could it seeing as they are a relatively young nation, in the form it is in now? Calling the type of patriotism I see of late an 'American sort of patriotism' doesn't necessarily imply that it is negative. I merely meant to say that it was stronger than I had perceived it when I younger. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972857863193398796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702969554933588887.post-79962143020440428192013-01-27T12:21:47.721+11:002013-01-27T12:21:47.721+11:00Always picking on the Americans Amy.
That sense of...Always picking on the Americans Amy.<br />That sense of Nationalism really originates from Germany in the 16th Century. Luther's rise happened at the same time that the peasants started to see them as "German" rather than just "Christian" or a member of the Holy Roman Empire.<br /><br />It's been around for longer than us, but it certainly is more commercial these days.Goldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678330582191627477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702969554933588887.post-14808340431066822182013-01-27T09:53:48.478+11:002013-01-27T09:53:48.478+11:00Whilst living in and being an Australian is not pe...Whilst living in and being an Australian is not perfect, there is no ther place that I would rather be.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043113230470184612noreply@blogger.com