I remember Mr Reyes saying that this statement of our National Anthem was wrong. It should be "Ang mamatay at pumatay ng dahil sayo". Throughout that lecture, this statement was the one that was stuck on my mind. True, why would one want to die without trying to kill for his country. Can someone really say that he can die for his country in the first place? Nationalism, is it a good or a bad thing?
For me, nationalism may be a good or bad thing depending how you look at it. If your kind of nationalism is just being proud of your race and trying to excel and make the world know that you can do something to change something negative, then that is a good kind of nationalism. When you're talking about nationalism to the extent of discrimination and racism, then your nationalism is Bull***t.
The said line in our national anthem isn't good nationalism. I think it promotes violence and shows people the nationalism which we shouldn't adore to have. Risk your life for a reason, but never do it for the sake of stepping and lowering down other races.
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