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Old 08-15-11, 03:14 PM   #672
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I want to throw in the riminder that blind loyalty that is not critical of existing or lacking quality of nations, most of the time leads to aggressive totalitarian nations, or isolated societies-inside-societies (for example the military).

Uncritical loyalty NEVER is good. You should not even be like that within your family - if your family member in question is a mass murderer, then at the very latest you should get doubts. Trust, loyalty, toleraance, freedom - all these qualities need limits and need a constant critical monitoring, else they can become tools of abuse.
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