http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/06/the-onion-congress-passes-america-is-1-bill/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/06/the-onion-congress-passes-america-is-1-bill/#comment-13391 fortunate1 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:04:30 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1444#comment-13391 My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.' G.K.Chesterton (from "The Defendant" 1901) My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’
G.K.Chesterton (from “The Defendant” 1901)

]]> http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/06/the-onion-congress-passes-america-is-1-bill/#comment-13375 Erika Price Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:52:13 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1444#comment-13375 I don't get senseless, undeserved pride. Why do people show "pride" in a city or country they did not create, or a sports team on which they do not play? Why does self-esteem actually fluctuate with the success and failures of something you derive "pride" from, even if you have nothing to do with it? Social psychology of course has a name for the concept- Basking in Reflected Glory. You can read more about the phenomenon (particularly on the subject of team pride) <a href="http://www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/fans/bc.shtml" rel="nofollow"> here.</a> I don’t get senseless, undeserved pride. Why do people show “pride” in a city or country they did not create, or a sports team on which they do not play? Why does self-esteem actually fluctuate with the success and failures of something you derive “pride” from, even if you have nothing to do with it? Social psychology of course has a name for the concept- Basking in Reflected Glory. You can read more about the phenomenon (particularly on the subject of team pride) here.

]]> http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/06/the-onion-congress-passes-america-is-1-bill/#comment-13347 Erich Vieth Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:05:00 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1444#comment-13347 Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

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