Our liberty should inspire our loyalty. In the last issue of i.e. , I talked about the relationship between anger and justice. Now, as we celebrate the founding of our country that began with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it seems entirely appropriate to turn to the virtue of patriotism.
Patriotism is a subset of justice.
Just think for a minute where we would be without our country. There are things that a family, no matter how wonderful, can t provide. But you can come up with several examples of things we take for granted in America that other nations cannot count on. We can travel from state to state to visit distant relatives unhindered by border guards who would gun us down if we crossed the line from North to South Carolina. That s not true in Korea, where families have been separated for half a century because they are no longer free to travel from North to South Korea, thanks to the communist dictatorship in the north.