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Entry: Patriots, Not Haters Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/real_patriots_dont_hate#9695 Post contents: Patriotism as in fatherhood and fatherland. If it is not a part of the model for boys to become young men to become real men, there are big problems as we see. In the soul, the will is on the other side of reason from the passions, and too much futile time is spent in engineering and designing - reason - to try to accomplish things which cannot be done. Love of Father God, Father Country, or Father comes from the will. The Pharisees had a vast, complex, and soul-less list of rules and practices which missed the point, much as perfecting kata cannot make one an effective martial arts fighter. Your movements may be pretty and perfect, but it is a confusion of means and ends. It is easiest when things are pleasant, rational, and good, but the actual test is when doing the ultimate good is unpleasant (dark night of the senses), or irrational (dark night of the soul). Patriots love (agape, the will) America - the real fallen collective - in the way a good son loves his fallible father. And we have had and ought to continue an open adoption policy. But adoption is very different than hiring a servant, or having a guest. Sent at: 2008 09 07