Nationalism

There were many examples of nationalism in this video, however some people took their nationalism too far. The largest form of nationalism was visible with the Germans. The Olympics, as they usually do, spur nationalism. You can see it just by the way the people of Germany were walking around and by how they wanted the other nations to look at them. They wanted them to think that their country was awesome and have everyone have a good experience. Another way is how all of the different athletes were wearing clothes that represented their countries. This was true of the Isralis, which was one way of they way they were showing nationalism. They also showed it by being proud and representing their nation, same way as all of the athletes. Then there were the Palenstinians who took their nationalism too far. When they had a heroes welcome for the dead terrorists, it was another way of showing nationalism. They showed ways of how nationalism, or too much of it, can be a bad thing. They were almost too proud of their nation. That being said, I think it would have been very helpful for the filmmakers to give us some, or alot of background information about the ongoing fude between the Isralis and the Palestinians. That information would have been very helpful because I did not know very much about what they were and are fighting about and the reason behind taking the hostages.

I think that overall nationalism is a great thing. Having pride in your country is very important. However, I agree that too much nationalism can be dangerous, this was proven with the Palestinians. This is also a way how gangs can be so dangerous. I understand people being proud and wanting to protect their country, but people need to do so with letigation hopefully. However I do realize that letigation doesn't always work and sometimes people have to die for what is right, however I don't believe civilians should be targeted.