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just a little question: how do you feel about your country? are you pleased with your nationality? (do you feel somewhat patriotic or not?) |
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-could be worse (*blinks at the Americans*) -yep -no patriotism here |
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I like my country but my city is going downhill a bit I like my heritage but my accent is wank I am only patriotic when drunk on tequila |
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i wouldnt want to live anywhere else perfect place for me dont really care about nationality dont feel much patriotic here at home, but if i meet a fellow citizen far from home i get that feeling :) |
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you know i had a soccergame when i was little and the team from Oman was always the easiest to beat, haha really when you started a championship the first opponent would be Oman, last was Brasil i think.. |
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i like my country. ok so finalnd is cold but so is canada :P we are neutralish, have survived massive amount of crap in the past and we have a language over 2k years old. i am pleased with our current situation too, expect the pm is a dork. i am healthily patriotic. |
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Everyplace I've been, nothing beats Sweden. I'd like to see Australia though, someone give me a trainee work there! Being Scandinavian is good, we have a good reputation of being honest and hard-working throughout the world. No patriotism. I believe we are one universal race of space monkeys. |
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Patriotism is the enemy of the working class and counter revolutionary. The worker has no country. I loathe my country. All we give a shit about is fuckin rugby. |
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whats wrong with rugby ;) |
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i'm french... the bad reputation french people have may be frustrating ^^; but this rather amuses me in fact. i'm not patriotic at all, nor proud to be french... i kinda like my country, except for the government which is getting worse and worse, and i don't know much about the public opinion but from what i know the french population isn't the best in the world. i don't know which country is "hated" more, france or united states... but the relation between these two are quite bad and i'm afraid i'm starting to hate usa too. bad thing... should not generalize like this. |
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i am a little patriotic, but we're only 2 million-so we should stick together :) |
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A load of fat bastards running after a funny shaped ball on a field? There's nothing inherently wrong with it but to treat it as an issue of national importance is so lame. We are a lame people. |
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I'm anti-nationalism and anti-patriotism. But then, I'm a gyppo so I would say that. |
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well, i guess sports is a weak point of just about any country... which is pretty stupid, i agree |
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thats just why i relate to brits.. you are so lame ;) |
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now this soccer tune is in my head all the time!! I remember making perfect banana throws with it. *yeah right erronous, dream on* |
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only when Germans are around, or fat american tourists |
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I was referring to the Welsh, but I guess we're all lame. And none more lame than the English. |
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I like Australia, but I'd prefer to be living in japan, I hate how basic everything is around here, the nearest decent computer store is 45 minutes drive... |
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The way I look at it is that although the UK has it's faults, I am sure as hell glad I live here and not some shithole like the Sudan. |
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Yes, one wouldn't want to live in that hellhole Africa would one? |
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Oh, how self deprecating. The difference between being patriotic and jingoistic is the breadth of a gnat's pube. Here, The Scottish National Party try to justify themselves by saying they are standing up for all things Scottish. No matter how they dress it up, they are all inherently racist and bigoted and dream of a shortbread tin scotland that died hundreds of years ago. It's a round world last time I looked. |
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god i love the word jingoistic :D |
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I'm sure the SNP are convinced the whiskey industry would fund Scotland for the next millenium |
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I'm not Patriotic at all.Patranising,yes. Theres always something to fault about every country,until everything is corrected(never) theres always something to groan about. |
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Was I being self-depracating? I thought I was just outlining my contempt for Welsh nationalism as you have just followed me in doing. |
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That's spelt 'patronising'. Oh sorry, was that patronising? |
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No, I wouldn't, and I'm not going to apologise for it. One exception, I would live in South Africa. |
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I'm french, and I hate my country. I left it 6 years ago - I'm ashamed to be french, and I will get married with my girlfriend to change citizenship. |
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Ashamed to be french. That's a bit strong. Why are you ashamed? |
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Me too. They knew how to treat the blacks there. |
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I think to say that all the welsh are interested in is rugby is slightly trivialising the matter. You are good at singing as well. |
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uh-oh. controversial. I'm standing back. |
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It would be hard to explain in a sentence. I have no time now, but I'll try to come back later. |
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my country is five foot eight tall. |
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Granted. |
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Talking about that, did anyone see the documentary on Zimbabwe on BBC2 at the weekend? It showed how the white farmers have been treated since mugabe introduced his land reclamation law. It was scary stuff and actually made me feel sympathy for the white farmers. |
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Sympathy??? You fuckin liberal. |
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you obviously didn't see it then. |
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as an american: * better here than alot of places * doesn't matter, it's not who i am * i could, at times |
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usually i only feel proud when i think about elements of this country's past... but then it's past isn't so hot either... |
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It depends who you are and what your colour is, tibbar. |
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it seems like for every good thing that happened, there's ten zillion REALLY bad things... |
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The shame about America is the fact it has the potential to be a great country. If only they could get rid of Texas and Capitalism...I know plenty of AMericans who are really decent individuals. It must be a frustrating place for a lotta people. I'm sure it's the same in plenty other nations, but America is the most powerful and was based on such beautiful principles. |
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Now that has got to be the funniest thing i have ever heard. |
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It's true. America has some wonderful individuals in it. And it was one of the first, if not THE first, to draw up a national constitution based on equality and freedom. |
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being an american means you are kinda covered in a haze of depression... you WANT to be proud and feel good about your culture, but it's hard to... i think america had a strong beginning (you wouldn't have a man like lincoln elected nowadays) but ultimately, it's just like any other government... out for your time, your money, your will. it's sad... we haven't had a decent president since i've been alive. |
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I thought the French got there first. Maybe not with a constitution but with ideas of liberty, freedom and equality. |
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You're right with the ideas bit--but having it written down as law was a big step. I just find it so sad that it's fallen so far morally and ideologically. |
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So we just forget the first couple of hundred years of massacaring native americans? America is like any other affluent western countryt -it's prosperity was built on slavery on murder. |
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