Country - a geographical area with physical dimensions
Nation - its people, history culture
State - the governing legal and political entity.
Gosh, do we really
need perfect english and terms here in a forum which is not a
literary heaven anyway, to understand what we really
mean?
A) " I am fighting for my country" - can be
commonly interpretated as meant fighting for a piece of rock
and everyone that exists on the rock.
B.)I am fighting for my Nation" - same explanation.
C.) "I am fighting for the State" - can
be commonly interpretated as meant the government and the
ruling party,
but in Singapore, can the government and ruling party exists
WITHOUT authority by vote from its people? No, thus
even if one say fighting for the state, it would mean fighting for
everyone as well as the land.
Country, Nation or State ultimately means one and similar thing
- its people. Who can be more important than the people, regardless
if we say we fight for our country or nation or state?
Hope that clears the issue up. Any further erudition, i guess we
all need to go back to school and this place renamed as
the "Queen's Perfect English and
usuage Clarity Forum". Any violators of the Queen's
engrishh gets banned, and probably me with be first one lor!
So chill out, will yer,guys? You'll are on the same page -
'protectin and defendin the people' - as far as I and probably
readers reading here. It aint worth an ounce of energy you both
goin on and on.
If there is a abuse of power, then the SAF won't be fighting for
the people.