肤浅的“爱国主义”(Patriotism Is Just Skin Deep)

应付作业所做的一篇文章，题目是讨论买国产货算不算“爱国”。

肤浅的“爱国主义”(patriotismisjustskindeep)

sino-japanproblemisalwaysasensitivetopic,afusewhichcantriggeraserialofexplosion.someso-calledpatriotsarguethatbuyingdomesticproductsispatriotismandproclaimthatinparticularallthechineseshouldrejectgoodsmarked“madeinjapan”.

thosewhoaremoreextrememaysmashorplunderashopwhichsellsjapanproductsorburnanyjapanesecarinthestreetnomatterwhoownsit.

then,howaboutlaunchawaragainstjapansothatwecandestroythatmaliciousdisgustingnationwhichhadinvadedourmotherlandthenunscrupulousdenythehistorywritteninblackandwhite?

whatifaperson,ononehandisapatriotfromtiptotoeandwillingtosacrificehislifetohiscountryifjapandaretowageawaragainstchina(ifpossible)whileonetheotherhandheisajapaneseculturevulture?

whatiftheshopthemobsmashedisownedbyahardworkingchinesebusinessman?hadtheycommittedacrime?arethemassesjustventingtheirdiscontentmentwhichaccumulatesdaybydaybecauseoftheappallingunfairnessinthereality?

isittruewejusttakejapanorinternationaltradeasanoutlet?

patriotismisnotnationalisticfever,notintenseethnicemotion.weneedtocalmdownanddifferentiateethnicalfrenzyandmoderatesoberpatriotism.

inaddition,thereisalwaysdangertoignoretherealproblematicissuesuchaspoliticalcorruption,academicplagiarism,educationalunfairness,andsocialclassespolarizingwhicharescreamingforourattentionandshouldbeourpriority.

whathasbeencalledforintheloudestvoiceisusuallythemostlackingone.rambleroarsinthemovie“firstblood”－ihavedoneeverythingformycountry,whathasmycountrydoneforme?!nowadays,webadlyneedarewrittenversionofkennedy’sfamoussaying“asknotonlywhatyoucandoforyourcountrybutalsowhatyourcountrycandoforyou.”