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And then Rina said these examples meant to bring out the moral force
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of solidarity and membership,
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examples about parents and children,
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about the French resistant fighter
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asked to bomb his own village and withdrawing back.
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About the airlift by Israel of the Ethiopian Jews.
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These examples, they maybe intuitively evocative, Rina said.
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But really they're pointing to
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matters of emotion, matters of sentiment.
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Not true moral obligations.
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And then there were a number of objections,
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not necessarily to patriotism as such.