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Are people on here ashamed to be British
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Like the Turkish government is throwing hissy fits about the armenian genocide, or like the AfD wants the Nazi-time to be taught as a sideshow for maybe two weeks in history lessons in Germany.
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Because it's a mere unimportant Fliegenschiss (fly poo) in the glorious German history.
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Eazy Jet will be doing repatriation flights to a country of your choice paid for by the government if you really don't like living in the Uk.
Will be advertised soon on the TV. |
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Sorry, was Vogelschiss (bird poo).
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If you don't like it you can get out!!!
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Get out you scum!
This is England!  |
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the british unilaterally abolished slavery when nobody else thought it a problem, and it carried on into the 20th century in africa and the middle east, despite british efforts to end it. slavery was around for millennia, until the british tried to end it. a lot is said about the atlantic slave trade but nothing about the ottoman turk version, the greatest of all, or the islamic version which still goes on.
but they wont be tearing down statues in turkey or the middle east. theyd be shot. why did so many advances in science and medicine happen in the u.k? because the spirit of intellectual inquiry only existed here. you were free from arbitrary arrest and murder, hence the vicious lampooning of the ruling class by people like hogarth and gilray. this could not happen elsewhere which is why every revolutionary from kossuth to marx and lenin found themselves here. similarly, the industrial revolution was a peculiarly british phenomenon that produced railways and scientific advances that would never have happened elsewhere. its instructive that 2 british universities have garnered more nobel prizes than whole continents. thats not an accident. and have you ever considered why every major sport you can think of emanated in the u.k? for similar reasons. and before all the loons start raving, im not a nostalgic empire-lover, but a sense of historical perspective is required, but seldom demonstrated by those who condemn the uk by contemporary mores but entirely fail to apply the same critical faculties to the so-called 'oppressed'. the british did not invent the charming indian practice of burning women alive when the old man died; they tried to end it. are they to be condemned for that? nor did they invent polygyny or fgm, a source of so much misery in africa and the middle east. i could bore on, but you lot will never get it |
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and Scotland!
they were very enlightened too! |
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i did say british. in fact, as you nearly pointed out, the scots were massively over-represented in every aspect.
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aaronh did you mean this quote from edy which breaks forum guidelines due to it's h o mo erotic content?
edy • May 9, 2020 9:26 PM BST Funny you would say that. I did dream of your soft, but masculine, hands rubbing oil, lavender scented, all over my naked body before you gently went on to spoil me further by massaging my penis with your very skilled tongue and mouth. aaronh • May 9, 2020 9:38 PM BST LoveLoveLoveLove Moderators instead of deleting my posts have a look at the sort posts those doing the complaining are posting at me thanks |
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very intelligent though.
Great education system, perhaps that is something to do with it? |
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Is Denzil pure spamming threads again?
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i was born in south africa left there aged 22 came to britain got a british passport about 13 years ago, im very proud to be south african & british, why should we be ashamed of who we are black or white, british or french, it doesnt matter , 1st poster i watched in limbo last night thought it was quite good but im not ashamed to be british as you put it.
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Please refrain from alway hijacking and derailing threads out of personal animosities.
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no it isnt. are scots intrinsically more intelligent? no. but education was in the pragmatic religion that came to dominate northern europe that resulted in advances in the human condition that have been a great benefit to humanity.
southern europe was hamstrung by the catholic church, which is why the industrial revolution happened in the north. why was north america such a success and south america a disaster? its a bit more complex than that, but thats the nub of it. |
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you would have to be a mug to be ashamed of something a country did years before you were born
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Are people on here ashamed to be (British) Human
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there are no campaigns in russia to apologise for its horrible history of brutality and and oppression that deported and killed millions of non-russians on a scale unimaginable to us. likewise turkey, which has a 1000 year record of empire that was built on slavery.
iconoclastic destruction could go on for years before the shame was eradicated |
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one thing I am ashamed of is the BBC
#defundtheBBC |
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I think thats already on the way thats why nobody at the BBC seems to care anymore
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There's quite a long history of abolishing slavery (in one form or another) and also reintroducing it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slavery_and_serfdom |
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Up until a few months I thought I had a handle on what it meant to be British. We were independent, fiercely jealous of our individual liberties and alert to government overreach/p iss taking. It seems I misjudged us. Our response was almost identical to the frenchies, the yanks, the aussies etc. There is a global/beehive mindset: deferential to authority, easily cowed into giving up individual rights and economic freedoms, instinctly this mindset will turn to government for solutions. Easily programmable, easily frightened no different to anyone else really.
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people acted like there were brave freedom fighters in supporting Brexit and then handwring at the slightest sign of direct action being taken if it's not them
a lot of it is just that these people want their kind to be deferential but revert back to being incredibly protective of government and often supporting authoritarian measures if it ain't them |
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peter zshilton was trending on twatter last night getting battered,quite funny the marradona clips been replayed,
he said tory,s have a 80 seat majority if you doint like it go live in a dictatorship ,after 12,000 replies still didnt understand what he,d said ,nice to see good old tommy and the FLA are mobilising at the weekend to protect our heritage, apparently tommy,s got the protecting ronald mcdonald gig, and the millwall headhunter,s guarding SPUD YOU LIKE, |
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Embarrassed, not ashamed.
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I think anyone taking personal pride because of someone else's achievements or from the mere fact of having been born in a particular place because of it's history needs to assess their own life frankly.
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Most people now will be a loss as to what being British is back when I was growing up it was simple, it was white people who's ancestors had also been born here now it seems that anyone who is here on the island or as ever been here can claim to be British
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I think for most on here being British means to own a stone clad house on a 70s housing estate complete with gnarling dogs,stinking barbeque,screaming kids,St Georges flag ,a caravan out the front and a holiday in Benidorm and a weekly visit to the local pub ,the one draped in 'sky sports' banners over on the rough estate
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I think anyone taking personal pride because of someone else's achievements or from the mere fact of having been born in a particular place because of it's history needs to assess their own life frankly.
And obviously no one should feel guilt or be criticised for the actions of people who existed 300 years ago on the particular piece of land the former were born on. |
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we're probably more instrumental in slavery now than then as we all use products mnufcd in Bangladesh using modern slave workforce
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Im ashamed with the way we have become a nation of selfish cowards over the corona nonsense.
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I'd put being British with Class ie both are born eg generations with a long history to boot; Class cannot be acquired, and a product of heritage.
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in AWF ...the famous line where Neville (in that posh bar) said he 'felt more of a foreigner here than he did in Germany'.
That's where we're at ...UK is full of DIFFERENT people and different languages ...the UK is merely an umbrella (Italian word that you know?) |
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auf wiedersehen pet series 2
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