[JrKASperov]

Patriotism is always bad in my opinion because no single country is even good. EVERY country has MAJOR flaws, such flaws that no citizen could ever be proud of their own country. For example, my ocuntry, Holland, is cursed with bureaucracy, everytime you want to do something serious, like building a new house or start a new business, or simply get subsidized because you do not have the money to pay your own rent, you get held back by a mutitude of rules. The rules even contradict themselves from time to time! Now, back on the main subject, this makes me extremely set back by my own country. I do think that everyone who seriously thinks his country is really good is simply blinded by patriotism.