Patriotic shite

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:23 pm

kins83 wrote: There should be no shame in being proud of the country you live in/work in/are from.

america has always been patriotic. its ingrained in the culture of this country. if you go to small towns in any suburb in america, you'll see flags flying on porch's and on the front of houses.

WWII britain was extremely patriotic, but somewhere along the way, thats all faded and been replaced by general apathy and pisstaking about your country. why is that? i think that thatcherism really put a spin on the way the british view their own country.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:25 pm

seckle wrote:
kins83 wrote: There should be no shame in being proud of the country you live in/work in/are from.
america has always been patriotic. its ingrained in the culture of this country. if you go to small towns in any suburb in america, you'll see flags flying on porch's and on the front of houses.

WWII britain was extremely patriotic, but somewhere along the way, thats all faded and been replaced by general apathy and pisstaking about your country. why is that? i think that thatcherism really put a spin on the way the british view their own country.

yeah i think it did, it fucked over a lot of people, and turned a lot of people against the government (and to an extent - the country itself). I must say that, despite being english myself, I don't like english people myself and find most of them to be twats, I'm also increasingly fed up with how we can't seem to get anything to work properly here...

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:28 pm

We'll possibly have to murder a charistmatic leader and make it look like a crazed ex-marine did it.

You know... for the luls.

Dead Rats · Post by **Dead Rats** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:44 pm

DanRev wrote:We'll possibly have to murder a charistmatic leader and make it look like a crazed ex-marine did it.

You know... for the luls.

I'm the only fuckin' leader SNC will ever need, mate, but you're free to challenge me to a fight to the death if you want.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:48 pm

Dead Rats wrote:
DanRev wrote:We'll possibly have to murder a charistmatic leader and make it look like a crazed ex-marine did it.

You know... for the luls.
I'm the only fuckin' leader SNC will ever need, mate, but you're free to challenge me to a fight to the death if you want.

well then you best have a pistol fucker, cos we're about to duel

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:56 pm

Dead Rats wrote:
DanRev wrote:We'll possibly have to murder a charistmatic leader and make it look like a crazed ex-marine did it.

You know... for the luls.
I'm the only fuckin' leader SNC will ever need, mate, but you're free to challenge me to a fight to the death if you want.

I said charismatic.

i.e puppet

Yes we can

Dead Rats · Post by **Dead Rats** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:57 pm

DanRev wrote:
Dead Rats wrote:
DanRev wrote:We'll possibly have to murder a charistmatic leader and make it look like a crazed ex-marine did it.

You know... for the luls.
I'm the only fuckin' leader SNC will ever need, mate, but you're free to challenge me to a fight to the death if you want.

I said charismatic.

i.e puppet

Kno wot i'm finkin? I'm finkin i shud take you outside and open u up.

Hibbie · Post by **Hibbie** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:38 pm

Is there any americans that don't like their country???

jazzamataz · Post by **jazzamataz** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:41 pm

hibbie05 wrote:Is there any americans that don't like their country???

Yeah, Canadians.

magma · Post by **magma** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:20 pm

hibbie05 wrote:Is there any americans that don't like their country???

Timothy McVeigh?

umkhontowesizwe · Post by **umkhontowesizwe** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:52 pm

Magma wrote:
hibbie05 wrote:Is there any americans that don't like their country???
Timothy McVeigh?

although i think mr mcveigh's was more a dislike for the federal government as opposed to the country itself.

firky · Post by **firky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:53 pm

Jazzamataz wrote:
hibbie05 wrote:Is there any americans that don't like their country???
Yeah, Canadians.

moldy · Post by **moldy** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:03 am

Listen to David Cross' bit about it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tldEQg6is

tr0tsky · Post by **tr0tsky** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:00 am

Jazzamataz wrote: ooooh, in that case... the hot chicks have to be all kinds of naked.

Hey ladies, how y'all doin? Fancy practicing a bit of the old 'deep entryism' with my large and militant proletariat? How about we collectivise your means of (re-) production?

Whistla · Post by **Whistla** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:24 am

sorry but i cant feel pride about a land that has totally destroyed our human rights, wants to put me in jail for smoking a natural substance, and kills people when they try to make a stand against injustice.

Jah Billah · Post by **Jah Billah** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:46 pm

DJ Whistla wrote:sorry but i cant feel pride about a land that has totally destroyed our human rights, wants to put me in jail for smoking a natural substance, and kills people when they try to make a stand against injustice.

And this applies to 99.99% countries.

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:10 pm

DJ Whistla wrote:sorry but i cant feel pride about a land that has totally destroyed our human rights, wants to put me in jail for smoking a natural substance, and kills people when they try to make a stand against injustice.

I'm not proud of the state.

I'm proud of the culture.

firky · Post by **firky** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:58 pm

DanRev wrote:
I'm not proud of the state.

I'm proud of the culture.

Sting, Bono, Chris... is that you?

magma · Post by **magma** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:01 pm

DanRev wrote:I'm not proud of the state.

I'm proud of the culture.

Good distinction. The UK has a great tradition of culture and we have a hell of a rich history, too.

I don't really have a problem with well placed patriotism, but I am naturally a little bit untrusting of hardcore patriots. We live in a strange world.

I've recently completed reading Simon Schama's three volume History of Britain... largely, I've come away feeling incredibly lucky to have come out of the big genetic lottery in Southern England... I don't think I've contributed enough in order to be "proud" of it yet. I didn't choose to be born here and I find it hard to understand how anyone can have pride in something they didn't choose to be.

Hibbie · Post by **Hibbie** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:16 pm

DanRev wrote:
DJ Whistla wrote:sorry but i cant feel pride about a land that has totally destroyed our human rights, wants to put me in jail for smoking a natural substance, and kills people when they try to make a stand against injustice.

I'm not proud of the state.

I'm proud of the culture.

THIS. I agree with you 100%

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