Originally posted by: ilovetrashtv
Neha, there are many idiots out there so don't pay attention to them. However, you spilling out statistics makes you look defensive. You wrote that you are a proud Bangladeshi. I don't quite get why people feel proud of something that is not their own achievement. You being a Bangladeshi, or I being an Indian, is a matter of fate. It's not our choice where we are born, so how can you feel proud of that!?
You have a point there that being born in a country is a matter of fate and not choice - but in this day and age of rampant immigrations etc. choosing to stay in your own country is an affirmation of love for the country.
And national pride is something that should be encouraged in all - if we were more proud of our country or felt that national achievement was a collective achievement then we would be more involved in the welfare schemes of our country. When we dissociate ourselves mentally from the country that's when social evils start gaining a bigger ground.
This is my POV on why and how everyone should be involved in some way or the other in the social issues that impact the nation.