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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)whileoheotherhandheisajapaneseculturevulture?
whatiftheshopthemobsmashedisownedbyahardworkingchinesebusinessman?hadtheymittedacrime?arethemassesjustventingtheirdiscontentmentwhichaumulatesdaybydaybecauseoftheappallingunfairnessinthereality?
isittruewejusttakejapanorinternationaltradeasanoutlet?
patriotismisnotnationalisticfever,notintenseethnicemotion.weneedtocalmdownanddifferentiateethnicalfrenzyandmoderatesoberpatriotism.
inaddition,thereisalwaysdangertoignoretherealproblematicissuesuchaspoliticalcorruption,academicplagiarism,educationalunfairness,andsocialclassespolarizingwhicharescreamingforourattentionandshouldbeourpriority.
whathasbeencalledforintheloudestvoiceisusuallythemostlackingone.rambleroarsinthemovie“firstblood”－ihavedoneeverythingformycountry,whathasmycountrydoneforme?!nowadays,webadlyneedarewrittenversionofkennedy’sfamoussaying“asknotonlywhatyoucandoforyourcountrybutalsowhatyourcountrycandoforyou.”