Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
Aloofi, what you are describing isn't patritoism or non-patriotism, it's simple self-preservaation. It has nothing to do with your financial level. How many times have we seen populations of refugees fleeing across national borders during a war? You telling me all these people are rich and are just following their money they transfered to the new country before the fighting started?
Being poor doesn't mean you are patriotic. It might mean you don't have the resources to go anywhere else when the crap hits the fan. But it doesn't mean you wouldn't want to. And if things get bad enough you hoof it.
Being rich doesn't mean you care more about your money then your country. You might, but you might not. A rich person might be even more patriotic as they have more of a vested interest in maintaining the exsisting political and economic systems that enabled them to become rich.
Geoschmo
[ May 19, 2003, 18:04: Message edited by: geoschmo ]
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