http://www.alohadaze.com/2007/07/24/lessons-of-the-past/ Politics. Religion. Life. In My Opinion. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.alohadaze.com/2007/07/24/lessons-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Forster Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:03:28 +0000 http://www.alohadaze.com/2007/07/24/lessons-of-the-past/#comment-476 An equally salient message that we might take from the example of German Nazism, or Japanese nationalist militarism is that nationalism, as much as fundamentalist religion is a very dangerous force. Moreover, as Americans, we have the abilty and responsibility for ensuring that we don't allow our national pride to consume our democratic values. It isn't really our place to tell anyone else what to believe or how to act. We might set an example by being decent human beings, and that would preclude running around invading people and telling them how to run their governments. An equally salient message that we might take from the example of German Nazism, or Japanese nationalist militarism is that nationalism, as much as fundamentalist religion is a very dangerous force.
Moreover, as Americans, we have the abilty and responsibility for ensuring that we don’t allow our national pride to consume our democratic values.
It isn’t really our place to tell anyone else what to believe or how to act. We might set an example by being decent human beings, and that would preclude running around invading people and telling them how to run their governments.

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