Australian officials say they are dismayed by the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on the International Criminal Court.
The Trump administration has sanctioned several ICC lawyers and announced fresh sanctions on ICC president Tomoko Akane.
The government has also been quietly maintaining contact with Australians working at the ICC who might be targeted by future US sanctions.
Patriotism is a disease, get over it, or bury us all.
The same applies here, duopoly voters are not decent people, they are on the same side as one nation et al.
To love your country is not necessarily the same as being ‘patriotic’. Some patriotic people don’t love their country at all. Some love the ‘show’, the jingoism, the flag nonsense, and being small-minded about what it is to be Australian.
My understanding is that to love your country is to love its uniqueness and want all its aspects to thrive but not at the expense of of the least powerful, and for people and the natural world on which the nation depends to live in balance and health. To love your country you also need to be critical and to demand high standards of conduct from those who wield power and to take responsibility for your own behaviour. We are not educated enough in comprehending our relationship to the land on which we live.
That is to love the country, not “your” country ;)
Not ‘my’ or ‘your’ as in possession. It’s like family, they are not your possession, but they are ‘your’ family, no matter how flawed. Some people dont like their family but they still have a ‘special’ connection.