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Paul.S
I expect he hasn't realised Andy Murray is Scottish.
He was British when he was winning of course.
. Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
Patriotism is a mugs game. I haven't "supported" England for a year or so now after coming to the conclusion that being patriotic is absurd. It breeds hatred, it breeds ignorance, and its a form of blind faith based on what? The fact that you happen to be born within the same national boundaries as the 11 men on the pitch. Big deal. Whats more, you have no respect for half of those 11 men most of the time so why pull on the shirt and cheer aloud to celebrate their success?
Living in Wales for a number of years has shown me the ugly side of patriotism. A hatred for all things English is instilled at a very early age and whilst the majority of the time develops into nothing more than a little banter, there is always a bitter edge. A lot of the Celtic population are some of the most patriotic, and thats not a compliment.
Patriotism is a mugs game. I haven't "supported" England for a year or so now after coming to the conclusion that being patriotic is absurd. It breeds hatred, it breeds ignorance, and its a form of blind faith based on what? The fact that you happen to be born within the same national boundaries as the 11 men on the pitch. Big deal. Whats more, you have no respect for half of those 11 men most of the time so why pull on the shirt and cheer aloud to celebrate their success?
Living in Wales for a number of years has shown me the ugly side of patriotism. A hatred for all things English is instilled at a very early age and whilst the majority of the time develops into nothing more than a little banter, there is always a bitter edge. A lot of the Celtic population are some of the most patriotic, and thats not a compliment.
Patriotism. What a load of bollocks.
We're all born on the same lump of rock, only in different areas on the rock separated by imaginary boundaries. I don't see the big deal.
Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’
He should have just peeled the thing, smashed it down his gob and scissor kicked the peel back into the crowd.
Take that!!!
"When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah
"looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey
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