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Centuries of imperialism, an insane royal family, a sole World Cup win 60 years ago, mostly very consistently shit governments that have bimbled their way out of most things simply because we've been on the right side of history (read: winning), and let's not pretend we haven't committed plenty of attrocities along the way.
I guess we're good at queueing. Yorkshire Gold is excellent, no doubt. And Dyson hoovers were British originally, weren't they?
I'm not saying I'm anti-England it's just that, on balance, I feel any desire to celebrate the random event that was me being born here instead of somewhere else.
I think it's more that they loathe the crap that comes with it. The fights, the racist abuse (often against other English people who just happen to be a different colour), the subversion of what could be a good celebration.
Those idiots on the march - where are the placards of brilliant English things? Where are the T-shirts celebrating Isaac Newton or Shakespeare or people carrying a giant Pencil - surely one of the best inventions ever?
Or the fire extinguisher - Godfrey should be hailed as a genius for all the lives his invention (and later versions) saved.
If a nationality should be celebrated at all, it's this sort of thing that should be important, and not be about just having been born somewhere with the right parents.
Dressing up as a knight in a Hollywood fashioned costume and using it as an excuse for a rumble has ruined it for everybody, and has tainted everybody who might like to join in even with the best intentions.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
While there is a clear difference between the 2, how does one recognise that when they are flying the same flag?
It's safer to avoid them altogether. Far Right Skinheads have parties too.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
The responses will not be kind, but they will be similar.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
There's a lot of people who have the same view. Might not be a majority, but no flag should cause embarrassment for any of it's citizens, and that flag does. It's a real shame.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Non proud is indifferent, surely? The people embarrassed of an accident of birth are the natural opposite of the proud.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Just seen this vid on YouTube. Some of the comments are thoroughly depressing and utterly predictable.