Essay on Patriotism

[0zzy]

my teacher told me to write an essay on patriotism and define it. here is what I have now,

Mark Twain once observed that, “…the nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.” This is the problem with defining “patriotism”, like the word “love” there is no true definition that satisfies everyone who uses the word. What may be patriotic to one man may be considered treasonous to another. Some consider it to be patriotic to unquestionably be loyal to their government, I disagree.

Someone once said that, “…a nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves,” and in today’s world this has been too often the case. In the face of danger citizens instinctively look to government to protect them and during such times governments use the opportunity to accomplish unrelated goals. A nation that was once governed by law will soon be governed by men if its citizenry are blinded by a shield of false patriotism which puts love of government before love of country. Patriotism should be recognized as the love of one’s country and dissent of one’s government whose actions violate the morals and freedoms of its people.

that's it for what you guys care about. the last paragraph is about something else, a video we watched that we are to deem "patriotic" or not. it's real hard to write an essay on patriotism and keep it on one page double spaced :[.

 

[0zzy]

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[noxagol]

my teacher told me to write an essay on patriotism and define it. here is what I have now,



that's it for what you guys care about. the last paragraph is about something else, a video we watched that we are to deem "patriotic" or not. it's real hard to write an essay on patriotism and keep it on one page double spaced :[.

In those instances, I always turned in my full thoughts, sometimes laying a 15 page paper down for a 5 page paper, consequences be damned.

 

[Conza88]

In those instances, I always turned in my full thoughts, sometimes laying a 15 page paper down for a 5 page paper, consequences be damned.

I am strongly considering doing exactly that...

Should government stay out of business?

1500 words... Lol.. It only really requires one word; 'yes.' But they want a bit more than that

250 intro, 250 conclusion. 1000 left for the body.


So many things that you can go into, role of government, it's role in business, capitalism vs socialism... free market vs planned economy.. then address the criticisms... capitalism is evil, exploitative, profit, greed.. bleh bleh... govt inefficiency, what intervention causes etc etc.

 

[noxagol]

I am strongly considering doing exactly that...

Should government stay out of business?

1500 words... Lol.. It only really requires one word; 'yes.' But they want a bit more than that

250 intro, 250 conclusion. 1000 left for the body.


So many things that you can go into, role of government, it's role in business, capitalism vs socialism... free market vs planned economy.. then address the criticisms... capitalism is evil, exploitative, profit, greed.. bleh bleh... govt inefficiency, what intervention causes etc etc.

Yeah. A friend of mine recently asked me to help him write a paper for one of his classes. I asked on what topic and he handed me a paper and said about this. I looked at it and I was like, 'shit I could right a novel on the first line alone "What is the role of the citizen in society?" but you would probably fail since it isn't the answer they want.'

 

[nobody's_hero]

Yeah. A friend of mine recently asked me to help him write a paper for one of his classes. I asked on what topic and he handed me a paper and said about this. I looked at it and I was like, 'shit I could right a novel on the first line alone "What is the role of the citizen in society?" but you would probably fail since it isn't the answer they want.'

So very true.

Of course, if you ever had to give an oral presentation to the class on the topic, it would be worth getting an F in order to get the message out.

 

[noxagol]

So very true.

Of course, if you ever had to give an oral presentation to the class on the topic, it would be worth getting an F in order to get the message out.

Totally. I wouldn't hesitate for a second.