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Are You 'proud To Be British' ?
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amidst the events yesterday in Woolwich there's alot of nationalist sloganism being posted on FB usually with 'Proud to be British' as the forerunner.
Are you 'Proud to be British'?
I'm not. Recently in Wales the English B&B owner was telling me of all the anti-English pubs not to visit. In Scotland my English in-laws have been refused service in a shop because they are English.
So am I proud to be English.
Again not really. Northerners may refer to me as a 'southern softie' etc etc. Less spiteful than our Scots and Welsh neighbours but definitely an us/them thing going on with the North Divide.
So am I proud to be Southern?
Not really. I support Southampton and wouldnt dream of driving my car with its 'scummer' stickers on in Portsmouth.
So am I proud to be me?
not always!
Are you 'Proud to be British'?
I'm not. Recently in Wales the English B&B owner was telling me of all the anti-English pubs not to visit. In Scotland my English in-laws have been refused service in a shop because they are English.
So am I proud to be English.
Again not really. Northerners may refer to me as a 'southern softie' etc etc. Less spiteful than our Scots and Welsh neighbours but definitely an us/them thing going on with the North Divide.
So am I proud to be Southern?
Not really. I support Southampton and wouldnt dream of driving my car with its 'scummer' stickers on in Portsmouth.
So am I proud to be me?
not always!
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British by birth English by the grace of god
Britain means nothing to me as does the eussr, which means even less
i am proud to be English , whats left of the country anyway, I always use English when asked for nationality, that is the country I was born in, there is no country called Britain or Europe
Britain means nothing to me as does the eussr, which means even less
i am proud to be English , whats left of the country anyway, I always use English when asked for nationality, that is the country I was born in, there is no country called Britain or Europe
Steve, //These people who think what is best for us should be made to work together for the common good of us ALL.//
Who are you talking about? People who work hard to earn a lot of money, who take very little from the system but pay high taxes which contribute to the benefits system? What do you want them to do? Share the rest of their earnings with you?
Who are you talking about? People who work hard to earn a lot of money, who take very little from the system but pay high taxes which contribute to the benefits system? What do you want them to do? Share the rest of their earnings with you?
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Steve, Oh, I see. You want a different government - one like the one that was booted out last, perhaps? Just a thought but doesn't it strike you as odd that the majority of the Communist states that we've seen in the past are now no longer Communist? Have you asked yourself why? It seems to me that life under those regimes wasn't nearly as rosy - nor as 'equal' - as you seem to think. Sometimes it really is 'Better the devil you know'.
I honestly don't know.
To be honest, it's not really a big part of my identity. The things I feel proud of by and large aren't particularly unique to Britain - I am awed by science, believe that technological and moral progress are both very real and attainable, and generally think that the human race shows a lot of promise.
I'm also very proud to come from a part of the world that champions freedom and democracy, which I think are both forces for good in the world. But that's not specific to Britain- that's generally a feature of Western culture as a whole.
The only uniquely British thing I can think of that I feel genuinely proud of is the English language. Having gone abroad to teach it, and studied a couple of other languages, I think English is a genuinely elegant and beautiful language, and in a way I'm proud of the opportunity that its extremely widespread nature offers - in a way, it's made a far greater degree of diplomacy and dialogue possible in the world just by being such a successful lingua franca.
I do also feel some pride in British cultural achievements - the incredible success of our academic institutions, and also our remarkable contribution to the performing arts.
To be honest, it's not really a big part of my identity. The things I feel proud of by and large aren't particularly unique to Britain - I am awed by science, believe that technological and moral progress are both very real and attainable, and generally think that the human race shows a lot of promise.
I'm also very proud to come from a part of the world that champions freedom and democracy, which I think are both forces for good in the world. But that's not specific to Britain- that's generally a feature of Western culture as a whole.
The only uniquely British thing I can think of that I feel genuinely proud of is the English language. Having gone abroad to teach it, and studied a couple of other languages, I think English is a genuinely elegant and beautiful language, and in a way I'm proud of the opportunity that its extremely widespread nature offers - in a way, it's made a far greater degree of diplomacy and dialogue possible in the world just by being such a successful lingua franca.
I do also feel some pride in British cultural achievements - the incredible success of our academic institutions, and also our remarkable contribution to the performing arts.
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