Well, I won't deny the differences between loyalty to your hometown and loyalty to your 5000-year promised land. My point was simply that I could understand the loyalty, even if I disagree. It does raise some parallels to current US culture, I think, in the realm of wanting to be loyal even while disagreeing versus feeling like you must agree in order to be loyal. I know I'm torn in my allegiance to the US. I know that it still has the capability of great things, even if I'l terribly, terribly disappointed at it at the moment. I imagine it's quite a bit like being a parent and finding drugs in your child's room. Or Lawrence Welk albums.

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next year

Uh, I meant next election.