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Would you die for your flag?

Ho-Oh

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Broad question, but I think it needs it. It's kind of pretty much asking how much do you value your flag and how far would you go to protect it, and the image it holds/means to you. Share your thoughts!

Actually, on the side, how much do you value your flag? To what extent?
 

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The actual flag? Well, I respect it, and I'll be pretty upset if someone tried to burn it or destroy it for no good reason. But I won't put my body on the line for a flag. That's a little dumb, in my opinion, no offence to anyone. I get patriotism, but if I wanted to die for my country, I'd die for it in a war, not protecting a flag. Flags can be remade. People can't.

Edit: I feel like I took this too literally. If we're talking about country wise, yes. Because I love my country.
 
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At first when I saw this question I thought it was gonna mean would you die for your territory or something or gang related lol. But good thing it wasnt. I don't have anything I would die for. Especially with the govt. controlling the "flag" IMO the flag doesn't mean anything to the govt anymore. But if terrorist or something came over then ya but other than that I wouldn't "die" for it.
 
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I am happy I live in a place that has all the benefits and freedoms that it does, but I would never ever die for my country. I'm not patriotic at all. I rather just move to a different country if there was a war.
 

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Erm..assuming fighting for the flag represents fighting for your country?

I value the flag as a symbol to my origin. How much I value it is the problem. I don't think I would consider fighting for that flag or 'die' defending it for any reason. I'm not patriotic in that particular sense.
 
droomph

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No?

If I was defending a flag, nope. I'm a bit of a pyromaniac anyways so watching something burn is pretty awesome to me.

For war? Nah, I'm a huge pussy anyways so that's not an option for me.

And how do I value the flag? Anoyyyyyying as hell.
 
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I don't value the flag of my country much at all. It's simply a representation of my country rather than its actual entity, a symbolic one at that. So I would not choose to die for my flag.
 
Esper

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A flag is just a representation of a country, and a country is just an embodiment (theoretically) of good values and ideals. I care about the ideals and values, not the country and certainly not the flag. No way I'm going to die for anything but my own ideals, and even then I'm not keen on dying at all.
 
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Nah, I'm not at all patriotic. If there was a situation where I had to fight for my country then I wouldn't be able to kill another person, let alone be willing to let myself die, just to protect the flag.
 
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I doubt I could die for anything that didn't lie inside my immediate interests/my heart. My country is not one of those things.
 

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Absolutely not. I'm sure I seem selfish for saying this, especially given that there are plenty worse countries to live, but I don't like this country and would never risk my life for it. I'm the least patriotic person I know.
 

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Patchisou Yutohru said:
Absolutely not. I'm sure I seem selfish for saying this, especially given that there are plenty worse countries to live, but I don't like this country and would never risk my life for it. I'm the least patriotic person I know.
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Toujours said:


Pretty much this. The longer I'm alive the less pride I have in my country honestly.
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Both of the above statements define me to a T. I couldn't care less about the Great American Corporatocracy. When corporations became people and could "donate" large sums of money to political campaigns and politicians to create policy, I lost all faith in the government. By the way, I have a BA in Political Science.
 
Shining Raichu

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I'm not at all patriotic, and furthermore, patriotism (toward any country) bothers me. I can't stand people who say "I'm proud to be Australian/American/French/whatever" and immediately want to smack them in the mouth and scream "WHERE'S YOUR PRIDE NOW, *****?"

*ahem* I'm sorry you had to see that.

No, I wouldn't die for my flag. Anybody who would is a fool lol.
 

TRIFORCE89

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I respect the flag. I will not damage the flag.

But I'm not going to die for it either. It represents something greater, but it is just cloth
 
Sammi

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Eeeeeeh. I'm not willing to die for anyone, much less the US, and even less so for the actual flag. The US is okay but it's never worth my life.

I really don't care for flags themselves. They're just... flags. To me they're not important. *shrugs*
 
Mercurybro

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I have this fantasy in my head that if I were ever in a moment where I'd have to choose, I'd go all samurai crazy style and die defending my flag. Any flag represents all of the people for which it flies, regardless of what they're like. To not take a stand defending it would mean I'm a soul-less monster with no sense of community.

Granted, you didn't state a specific flag, just a flag that I claim as my own. If it were someone else's flag, I wouldn't feel as devoted without a good reason.
 

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My legit initial reaction was out loud "Are you serious?" in a wtf are you crazy sort of tone. So yeah... I'm not very patriotic. lol
 
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