jingoism

By Vichara

Guru Craig's Thought Of The Day...

We are all full of so many insecurities and to compensate we sometimes overcompensate. The person driving that very loud motorcycle or car because they were ignored when they were young. The person compelled to dress in a manner that is so outrageous because they want to be noticed and feel special. Most of these insecurities are fed by the dictatorship of the industries that have understood the frailties of these souls and feed upon them like some crazed hungry soul. It is hard and sometimes impossible for those captured and manipulated by these companies to break free from their perceived dependence. Only when we can manage, little by little, bit by bit, to help each other learn through love, patience and compassion, that we will learn that there are things more important then what they force us to like.

Word Of The Day...
jingoism • \JING-goh-is-uhm\ • noun
extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

Example Sentence:
Albert Einstein was a pacifist who found German jingoism, with its ultra-nationalistic ideology and militaristic policy, so objectionable that he left his homeland in 1933, never to return.

Did you know?
"Jingoism" originated during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, when many British citizens were hostile toward Russia and felt Britain should intervene in the conflict. Supporters of the cause expressed their sentiments in a music-hall ditty with this refrain:

"We don't want to fight, yet by jingo if we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men,
We've got the money, too!"
Someone holding the attitude implied in the song became known as a "jingo" or "jingoist," and the attitude itself was dubbed "jingoism." The "jingo" in the tune is probably a euphemism for "Jesus."