not necessarily true - sense of national pride, identity and loyalty are not necessarily instilled only through ns. in fact by the time one goes to ns, i would say one has pretty much made up his / her minds wat he / she feels about the country.Originally posted by chikopek:is it appropriate for me to say that because our ladies doesn't required to do any form of ns their senses of national pride, identity and loyaliness to the nation (as they didn't serve the nation) are very weak compared to those man who had done ns?
loyalty is not everything. and loyalty does not need to be blind. it is afterall a concept, an idealism. one can be an individual yet possess loyalty - they are not mutually exclusive. as for wat constitutes loyalty and how one shows it, its a different matter and different people would have different perceptions on this.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Is loyalty everything?Hopefully we haven't reached a state where we are all supplanted to serve the Orwellian ideals of blind loyalty.To be who you are, and to the fullest, while adding to the diverse mix of personalities that enlivens the nation, now that is loyalty...Not some chest-thumping Philistine..
(No offence intended here.Just my humble opinions)