one's feelings towards his nation and race is cultivated and nurtured in ones mind thru the whole course of growing up, from the first day forth in ones life, he's told and taught or atleast inclined to think by his parents, relatives, and schools, to some extent, that ones nation is however greater to others.they emphasize the historical facts, current important figures of the nation, with whatever intention, to set ones mind to believe in nationalism. that's what they hear, that's the only thing they know. they got nothing to compare it with. and more to it, aspects like sports which compete other nations, crack up the entire ground we stand, which is the world, further to accentuate one's love to his nation and one's indifference to other nations despite the reality and the fact that we, our nation, are itself is only a part of this bigger being, which is again us, ppl.. its the society itself what initiate the differences in ones mind. lets say one wants to like and support a foreign sport team over his own, among his friends and all he's laughed at ..hated. so his desire to cling to things in which he really has faith in is overshadowed by a thought that is carved deep in his mind ..a feeling, a guilt that keeps him from betraying his nation even in the smallest most insignificant aspects. which i don't know if a good thing. but the way i see it, a kid shouldn't bring up to have blind faith in something. environment shouldn't set signs to influence one's free will in which sense not a country in this world is truly independant.