tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8672790651617528032..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Angry Youth: Chinese nationalismSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-76979105791432658812008-08-03T03:09:00.000-04:002008-08-03T03:09:00.000-04:00@ SteveI do think that the Chinese should protect ...@ Steve<BR/><BR/>I do think that the Chinese should protect their interests. If they don't, no one will. I see that as a form of patriotism, not as nationalism. Maybe I should have made that clear from the beginning.<BR/><BR/><BR/>@ David<BR/><BR/>I fully agree that nationalism appeals to our emotions, while intellectualism appeals to our reason. Reason and emotion are necessary, and I don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71992051593661835172008-08-02T19:17:00.000-04:002008-08-02T19:17:00.000-04:00Contrast the New Yorker piece with this American p...Contrast the New Yorker piece with <A HREF="http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1531" REL="nofollow">this</A> American poll.<BR/>**********<BR/>David writes, <I>The guys in the article have a simple pride of process. China is 'doing it right'.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree up to a point, but what happens when the process falters? The process may be flawed; you may have made mistakes of gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953008291916883288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82315025888504098542008-08-02T14:12:00.000-04:002008-08-02T14:12:00.000-04:00I'm envious of both the school system and the comm...I'm envious of both the school system and the community that can support it.<BR/><BR/>I was actually going to say something about the importance of organization and structure being an important geopolitical facility, but I thought the discussion would decay to semantic wrangling about what exactly nationalism is.<BR/><BR/>The guys in the article have a simple pride of process. China is 'doing itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19230960893652337182008-08-02T12:52:00.000-04:002008-08-02T12:52:00.000-04:00What is the difference between nationalism and pat...What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism? Is the former a convenient term to describe the patriotism in other countries and the latter to describe the nationalism in this country? <BR/><BR/>So much for the "fair and balanced" free press here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-17265236046060071882008-08-02T11:50:00.000-04:002008-08-02T11:50:00.000-04:00There are plans to add a Chinese immersion school ...There are plans to add a Chinese immersion school to the already existing Japanese, French and Spanish immersion schools in Eugene. This is all part of our amazing public school system. <BR/><BR/>Re: nationalism, even a rational person can appreciate that their interests, in the current world situation, are best advanced within the organizational structure of a nation state. I don't think the Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40229806481102918272008-08-02T08:47:00.000-04:002008-08-02T08:47:00.000-04:00I was thinking that that isn't exactly the relatio...I was thinking that that isn't exactly the relationship. Nationalism is an emotional response. It appeals to our [irrational] selves. Intellectualism is an appeal to our rational selves.<BR/><BR/>Denying ourselves the responses of the type of the former is denying a fundamental part of our humanity. Sneering someone else's emotional responses is a naive duplicity.<BR/><BR/>How we approach andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-535207944672398702008-08-02T08:00:00.000-04:002008-08-02T08:00:00.000-04:00>>Anyone who has contemplated the world long...>>Anyone who has contemplated the world long enough, soon realizes that nationalism is a virus of the mind, a weakness exploited by the despots, and an evil that must be fought, not promoted.<<<BR/><BR/>Anyone who has contemplated the world also knows that what really is mutually exclusive with intellectual is a reliance on vacuous slogans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4089052316758095852008-08-02T03:23:00.001-04:002008-08-02T03:23:00.001-04:00Nationalism and intellectual are kind of mutually ...Nationalism and intellectual are kind of mutually exclusive, right? <BR/><BR/>Anyone who has contemplated the world long enough, soon realizes that nationalism is a virus of the mind, a weakness exploited by the despots, and an evil that must be fought, not promoted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-76001663598996085982008-08-02T03:23:00.000-04:002008-08-02T03:23:00.000-04:00Nationalism and intellectual are kind of mutually ...Nationalism and intellectual are kind of mutually exclusive, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com