How many of us consider ourselves to BE patriotic. (I'm pretty sure I am. I don't know that I would allow patriotism to lead me into an unjust war, but then I keep praying for no war at all. I suppose I wouldn't know until the rubber hit the road.)

What prompted this thread from me was a passing memory of bumper stickers from the '60s which read, "My country. Love it or leave it" with the implication being that if one didn't love everything one's country did, one was less than patriotic. Many friends from those days stated that it was one's responsibility to protest perceived wrongs because to allow the wrong to continue without being protested would be 'letting one's country down' in a very real sense of the words.

That is why I'm interested. We have such a spectrum of posters here represemnting every shade and area of the political spectrum that I expected to get the quality and variety of responses that have been forthcoming.

There, I've rambled. However, I would like also to hear from people in Europe and Oz and elsewhere, too.

Thank you.