Date: Sunday May 10th 2015

Participants (from 11 countries):

Team A: (Yes) Leandro, Rick, Mohammed, Lalala

Team B: (No) Johny, Amine, Anas

Team C: (On the fence) Marwa, Kelly, Eshaal

Others that joined the call later: Ridhima, Sunita, Selly, Santos, Maria Ladhi, Kashee Khan

Host: Rick

Moderator: Rebecca

One point of clarification. There was some disagreement on the relationship of two words: Nationalism and Patriotism. For some members on Team A, they felt that you can love your country, and be proud of your country, and not look down on other countries as inferior.
Nationalism is a belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation. Nationalism involves national identity, by contrast with the related construct of patriotism, which involves the social conditioning and personal behaviors that support a state's decisions and actions

Team A Summary:

Love your country, language, cultures etc. but respect other countries. Many people from Brazil feel they are inferior.
It’s important to respect your countrymen, to have pride in your country, to want more for your people an nation
The people of a country represent the nation
In some cases, violence has occurred due to the desire of a people to have their independence
A sense of National Pride contributes to the economic and moral standard of people
In some countries, where the culture is very diversified, the national pride is based on ideals and principles such as freedom of speech, opportunities to make your life whatever you want it to be and equal rights for all people
Nationalism fosters unity and reduces corruption
Nationalism gives a sense of independence

Team B Summary:

One participant stated that Nationalism can give a sense of superiority and dominance over others
In some countries, Nationalism can create wars, social strife and create division amongst people
The people and the country are separate entities
There was a concern that either Nationalism or Patriotism can provoke a sense of us versus them, creating division among people from different countries
One person talked about wars between nations that have lasted for many, many years, due to Nationalist feelings

Team C Results/Summary:

Team B won the debate

Bad is bad, good is good
The world can have globalization, but that does not mean that people cannot be Patriotic or Nationalistic

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