What makes a good citizen? A good citizen upholds the norms in a stable society by being honest, friendly and hard-working. He does not create a mess and occasionally picks up after those who do. He keeps his neighbors satisfied with his kind and caring attitude and well-kept garden. A citizen is labeled as good when he has proven his capability to thrive in a place where stability and consistency is required.
Politically, a good citizen does his duty by voting on a constant basis and keeping up with government changes. A good citizen accepts the government and his country, but an ideal citizen is supportive.
Protesters, such as those on our government building’s lawns, do not fully support the position the US has taken and make themselves appear almost unpatriotic. They should support their country in peace or war. The vast majority of citizens living here are good; therefore, if the war were so wrong, a vast and overpowering amount of the nation’s people would overthrow the idea. A few measly protesters don’t have a great effect on the outcome of the war and should be discouraged. Send them to the front. The protesters should support the troops into ending the war sooner, not pulling the troops out suddenly to end the war abruptly.
Good citizens support their country in peace and war. To support the war means to take sides with one’s nation, to vocally share one’s opinions, to attempt to convert those that don’t believe in it, and to be able to wholly see both sides and still believe in their country. The troops in Iraq wouldn’t mind caring letters and packages, and if you want to be a great citizen, spend a little time preparing nice thoughts for them.
The Essay on Good Citizen vs Good Man
The good man and the good citizen are not one and the same. What can be said about one cannot be necessarily said about the other. It is essential for the good man to be a good citizen. It is not, though, vital for the good citizen to be a good man. This distinction is important to make, because it helps one understand that the qualities a good man possesses far supersede those of a good citizen. ...
Supporting your country in a time of war requires a national voluntary sharing of money. Taxes enable the government to filter excess income directly into MOABs and Patriot missiles. Without the pure and undying faith of good citizens and their bank accounts across the nation, America would not be able to help Iraq and her people from monsters such as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Our success in the Middle East is due to the amount of money we are able to throw at the war.
This strikes a pretty ugly chord for my generation. For the few of us able to see past college, the future is not as bright as our parents try to assure us. The future good citizens of America will drown in this debt. Taxes will drain us from any pocket money and many of us will not even remember why we are paying so much. In the moment, the war is approved of by most. Iraq seems to need help and America is here to save the day. Unfortunately, in a later day filled with over-taxing, adults born from my generation may find a new hate for Iraq. Iraq could become a scapegoat and receive the full force of our blame driven by our debt from the war. We will help Iraq now, but will we kill them off financially when we use them to replace our war debt?
In the beginning, I didn’t have much faith in our boy Bush. My parents, both extremely liberal Democrats, have a powerful effect on my thoughts and reasoning due to the high respect I have for them. Over dinner, President Bush is discussed frequently and with much hate. Living in opposite environments, a primarily Republican war-hooah military school and an open-minded, open-mouthed household, I was torn between two worlds. This has molded me into a very independent thinker. At the start of the war, I was against it, mostly because I did not think the bombing of the twin towers was enough reason to pick on a littler country. My mother always taught my brother and I that “two wrongs don’t make a right.” She also believes in “an eye for an eye…” though. The more I learned about the war, the more I believed in President Bush and America, thanks in part to the positive media portraying America as the good guy.
The Essay on Mexican American War Argument (America Justified)
In 1836, after a deadly war, the Texans successfully gained independence from Mexico and formed the Lone Star Republic. Initially the Texans approached the Union with the hopes of being admitted as a slave state, but the delicate balance in congress between slave and free states would be disturbed by doing so. For this reason, the Lone Star Republic would remain independent for another ...
Now, I can see that the US is not overthrowing Iraq’s people, our troops are restoring, or rather, creating order in a country where their government has gone bad and has turned on its people. If America can successfully overthrow their old government and help them install a (preferably Democratic) working government. I only hope that we don’t go too far by taking charge and trying to control them.
As a daughter of a pair of great tax-paying, law-abiding citizens, I know what it is to be a good citizen. A good citizen takes care of himself and his environment and can raise offspring to become good citizens as well. A good citizen supports his community and his country and a good citizen helps keep the society running and stable.
