Pat Yiu

"Patriotism means supporting your government during times of war."Patriotism in a literal definition means to provide positive support towards your country. War being a major issue in a country would mean to provide positive support towards that war. However, the definition of patriotism has changed since then. To support Patriotism nowadays means to provide positive support towards your country while not going against your own values. If your President was to start a war against a defenseless country for no apparent reason, then you could be patriotic and not support this war as long as you justify your reasoning in the benefit of the country. There are lots of countries that used to believe war was the only way for a country to develop. War allowed countries to expand to other areas, gain resources, and find allies with other neighboring countries. In the present day, we have a greater respect towards human life and most of the time we don't choose to go to war unless the loss of human life is preventive of a greater loss of human life if you'd choose not to go to war.