I read with mounting passion, the news that school leavers should be forced to swear allegiance to the Monarch under new proposals to foster feelings of citizenship in younger generations. Well where do we start on this absolutist gesture which does absolutely nothing other than to trammel the ideals of democratic equality by getting children to [...]
Archive for the ‘Patriotism’ Category
Pledge of Allegiance
Posted in Patriotism, Republicanism on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Admiring your handiwork
Posted in Anti-War, democracy, Disillusion, Government, Iraq, Patriotism, PNAC, Political, Society, Terrorism, UK politics, US Politics, Violence, War, World on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My feelings on those who direct the armed forces into situations in which their lives are at risk are mixed but always strong, that President Bush has the guts to face the people that his war has maimed is something I guess. These pictures are from President Bush’s visit to Brooke army medical centre in [...]
The Anti-Patriot
Posted in Anarchism, Belief, Freedom, Libertarianism, Patriotism, Political, Society on September 5, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I’ve often ruffled feathers with my stance on Patriotism, I don’t see why it should ruffle feathers after all I’m not actively involved in sedition or anything in fact the very title of this post is completely fallacious in that I’m not an Anti-Patriot I’m just not a Patriot. This is of course part of [...]
