Happy St George's Day!

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berty3000

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A day to celebrate, unless you're one of the 15% of Labour-voting wrong uns who think that England's flag is racist... but continue to live here anyway and probably claim handouts from the English... or the Met Police, who suddenly remember how to arrest people when the Palestinian flag is replaced by England's...

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Hey ho! Onward...
 
I didn't know about this St George's Day tradition

Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales have all received historic royal honours, Buckingham Palace has announced.
Prince William becomes Great Master of the Order of the Bath.
Catherine is now a Companion of Honour, which recognises achievement in arts, medicine, sciences and public service.
And the Queen becomes the Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire, once held by the King's father, Prince Philip, and grandfather George VI.
The appointments to these historic royal orders, traditionally announced on St George's Day, have rewarded those at the centre of the Royal Family, at a time when both King Charles and Catherine have been receiving treatment for cancer.
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Camilla, William and Kate receive royal honours

The King awards historic honours to senior royals, in a year that has seen pressures of ill health.
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Why are Englishmen who criticise brexhit and torey corruption characterised as unpatriotic. St George who was Turkish would have recognised the fact of multi culturalism, not just post ww2 but over the last couple of thousand years. We are historically a mix of european countries and beyond. Our language, for example, reflects this, absorbing different dialects and influences over the millennia.
 
blup said:
Why are Englishmen who criticise brexhit and torey corruption characterised as unpatriotic. St George who was Turkish would have recognised the fact of multi culturalism, not just post ww2 but over the last couple of thousand years. We are historically a mix of european countries and beyond. Our language, for example, reflects this, absorbing different dialects and influences over the millennia.
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This word salad seems to be a covert-aggressive and sad attempt to disparage those who like or love their country and enjoy the idea of celebrating it.

People have a need and desire to belong and to have a place they can call home in the world - and this concept goes beyond one's personal dwelling. Nobody can feel a sense of belonging to nothing or, with any significance, to entities too broad, that do not represent their customs and values. And it is as well that it is so because it ensures that there is choice and diversity in the world as well as competition. Nations, and the cultures they embody, are really the highest form of "home" - hence their long lasting and consistent nature in history. The people who do not have a country tend to want one for their group; the broader entities that lack the foundations of identity and culture tend to fail after a while. See Yugoslavia, amongst others, and probably the EU before long.

It is more likely that he was Greek by the way. St Patrick was English or Welsh, but the Irish should carry on celebrating him because he is their patron saint, as St George is the patron saint of England.
 
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berty3000 said:
People have a need and desire to belong and to have a place they can call home in the world - and this concept goes beyond one's personal dwelling. Nobody can feel a sense of belonging to nothing or, with any significance, to entities too broad, that do not represent their customs and values. And it is as well that it is so because it ensures that there is choice and diversity in the world as well as competition. Nations, and the cultures they embody, are really the highest form of "home" - hence their long lasting and consistent nature in history. The people who do not have a country tend to want one for their group; the broader entities that lack the foundations of identity and culture tend to fail after a while. See Yugoslavia, amongst others, and probably the EU before long.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I was going to say word salad.

It's really just a load of bollax.
 
This could apply to a few on here. Strangely enough, those who voted to remain!

 
berty3000 said:
This word salad seems to be a covert-aggressive and sad attempt to disparage those who like or love their country and enjoy the idea of celebrating it.

People have a need and desire to belong and to have a place they can call home in the world - and this concept goes beyond one's personal dwelling. Nobody can feel a sense of belonging to nothing or, with any significance, to entities too broad, that do not represent their customs and values. And it is as well that it is so because it ensures that there is choice and diversity in the world as well as competition. Nations, and the cultures they embody, are really the highest form of "home" - hence their long lasting and consistent nature in history. The people who do not have a country tend to want one for their group; the broader entities that lack the foundations of identity and culture tend to fail after a while. See Yugoslavia, amongst others, and probably the EU before long.

It is more likely that he was Greek by the way. St Patrick was English or Welsh, but the Irish should carry on celebrating him because he is their patron saint, as St George is the patron saint of England.
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Apologies for missing out the trigger warning to sensitive brexxers. Do the East end tour to see what I mean.
 
blup said:
Why are Englishmen who criticise brexhit and torey corruption characterised as unpatriotic.
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They aren't

Anybody who seeks to improve his country by improving its status and influence in the world through peace, co-operation and equity, improving the standards under which its citizens live, and exposing dishonesty by those in power, is acting in the interests of his nation.

Only a shameless exploiter of the ignorant would insult them by calling them unpatriotic.
 
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