Yet another story of our heritage and what makes us Britain being lost.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7215104.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7215104.stm
Being patrotic means loving your Country for what it is, not what it was.
Being patrotic means loving your Country for what it is, not what it was.
So by your definition then we should love Britain as a spineless, identity-less, compensation happy, handout loving shadow of its former glory, when in its heyday it was the worlds greatest industrial, technical, financial and military power.
When Queen Victoria was on the throne, we had a navy that was twice the size and power of both its nearest rivals, Spain and France, put together.
People were proud of their country and Britain stood for something, yes people were made to work hard, but without hard work nothing is done, someone had to do it and by the toil of their hard work we became great.
Colonialism although people say its awful, has created some of the emerging world powers, India and Pakistan are perfect examples. If you look at India, some of the descendants of colonial India are better educated and well spoken than most of the population of this country.
Even up to about 1950 people loved their country, what makes a country great is its identity, its history and its people, when a country loses its identity then it becomes a mongrel, and that's what Britain is becoming.
Not exactly current affairs is it? That story is over a year old and we already have the Queen's coat of arms on the new coins...so heritage isn't exactly lost?
It's the diversity of the people that live in Britain now that define 'Britishness',
It's a bit hypocritical to be all patriotic and say Britain is being eroded away because Britannia is no longer on our coins, then you call our current monarch a German.
You beat me to it Chris, you're totally right, she's german, cant stand the ****** royals anyway
Yet another story of our heritage and what makes us Britain being lost.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7215104.stm
Ermmm HRH was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair,London.....doesn't sound very German to me Herr NHN.
She may have been born here but the lines go back fair few years of german descent & actually names, the Windsor name was only taken on back in early 1900's, before Windsor it was a very german family name, enjoy the read, you wanna me now or later, lol
http://german.about.com/library/bltrivia_windsor.htm
NOT IN MY BOOK IT ISN'T......
If you look at the names on the War Memorials in every City, Town, and Village throughout this Country,,,, now THAT, would be a good place to start understanding what Britishness really means!
like that fanatic said black flag over downing street in 10 years but if it stopped the thugs whores pissheads granny robbers and the devil and sorted this shithole out then im not to ***** just done try convert me ....
like that fanatic said black flag over downing street in 10 years but if it stopped the thugs whores pissheads granny robbers and the devil and sorted this shithole out then im not to ***** just done try convert me ....
...lol diversity......that always gets me laughingSo we've suddenly lost our 'Britishness' because Brittania is going to be removed from a 50 pence piece? Get real people.
It's the diversity of the people that live in Britain now that define 'Britishness', not rose-tinted Colonialisation/Persecution from 300 years ago.
You seem to forget that the War Memorials are to the people who fought for other peoples freedoms and against fascist opinions. Not to people that wanted to uphold it...
...lol diversity......that always gets me laughing