>Besides, constant boastings that "America is the greatest country in
>the world" tend to begin to look like a obsessive-compulsive
>behavior. Far from demonstrating "faith in the country," it rather
>suggests its opposite: lack of confidence and self confidence, which
>must be covered up the fetish of patriotism.
Yup. Kinda like family values. If traditional families were so unambiguously wonderful, why the round-the-clock advertising program?
Doug