大学生英语作文：on patriotism(论爱国主义).docVIP

On Patriotism In the past year 2010, there were two impressive events related with patriotism happening on this soil: the “6.5” Holy War and the parade resulted from the conflict between China and Japan on Diaoyu Island. The former one took place on June 5th in the name of the “holy patriotism”, thus being called “6.5” Holy War. It was a war without smoke, a fight on the virtual Internet; for some so-called patriots hacked most websites associated with South Korea and used photo editing software to twist the images of some Korean stars as an insult. This caused a great sensation in the country. But the latter one is much fiercer and more actual, with the angry students smashed the windows of Japanese shops inside the country and robbed all the goods away, left the desperate shopkeepers in an appalling situation. The hatred toward Japan which accumulated for years exploded at one moment when the Diaoyu Island event was at dispute, and the whole country was flooded with such cruel “patriotism”. I dare to say that I cannot approve this kind of “patriotism”. If patriotism is a sort of synonym for “violence” and “blindness”, I am quite disappointed. From my point of view, a real patriot must be calm and rational in mind, and decisive and wise in action. It is not right to get rid of every foreign impact, or bear a nameless grudge on all foreign nations. A real patriot wants his own country to have a better future, not to make the situation worse. Look at what the insensible students did during the conflict in Japan. They did no good for this country. Instead the country suffered from the cataract of savagery. And the hidden wounds lasted foe a long time. From the two examples above, we come to a conclusion that keeping rational is the most important. No matter what heinous thing happens, it does no harm to think twice before leap. What comes to next is that patriotism is based on a clear knowledge of one’s own country. Both the flaws and the virtues are ack