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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Agreed, it's just more difficult to cherish those virtues when you are dead.
Sacrificing for the greater good is both patriotic and altruistic. Sometimes it's not all about you but all about everyone around you.
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Making reasonable sacrifices (or even great ones for a moment in time) for the greater good is both patriotic and altruistic, yes; however, when it's the government "telling" you to make these sacrifices as opposed to "asking" or you just doing it voluntarily, is where lines start getting blurred.