I'm not proud to be "British" or specifically "Welsh", because the BNP exist.
They are an embarrassment.
They are an embarrassment.
What percentage of the population it is isn't really important, it just means that you're one sixteenth Cherokee. That is, just one of your great-great-grandparents was Cherokee, or two of your great-great-great grandparents or something. It's not noteworthy and completely irrelevant here.emeraldrafael said:Its not hatred, it white washing. If i made the statement that for much the United States history, it has only positively affected the world, you would cry out falsery.RewardMe said:Snip
And it was my great (times... I think its five. maybe. I can trace it back to 1766 as to where they first conincided) that an ENGLISHMAN Had sexual relations with a native american woman. The "knocking up" would be to the fault of you and your people.
Considering the native people of a country make up only 1% of its total 300 Million+, 6% aint too bad.Danzaivar said:6% Cherokee? It's fascinating how obsessed Americans are with genealogy. Americans and dog-breeders. Obsessed with the stuff!emeraldrafael said:I'm 6% Cherokee. Lets talk about what you "did" for MY people.
Ethnicity only defines a person if they want it to, a person is fully capable of defining themselves however they like in my honest opinion. And according to you, you're more ethnically Polish/Pollack than anything.emeraldrafael said:I dont call my self Cherokee cause of the 6%. Its 6% of my ancestry but had a larger influence on my life then anything else. Its the difference between ethnicity and ancestry. And ethnicity defines a person.
And thats great, I'll talk about it begin from america, but again, there's plenty of things you could talk to me about besides how my people were killed. Again, you odnt talk to a jew about the holocaust cause they say they're jewish, and to put it another way, you dont talk to a Brit about how the Colonies (with French aid, credit where credit is due), beat the world's biggest and strongest empire. You could talk to me about the differences of me being in America, or what my customs are, or... Or why I'm doing these travels. You odnt need to start with calling my ancestors savages.
to put it probably the greatest way, you odnt walk up to a person you find out is German and ask them about how they feel that their country men or ancestors (if they were in Germany at the time), felt following a psychopathic dictator bent on destroying many groups of people so blindly and resolutely.
And why cant i blame them? people think all Americans are fat greasy gutter mouthed gang bangers who think they are better then anyone else just by the way our leaders run the country, when only a small portion of the country even votes to elect those leaders and of those that vote half wont even agree cause it wasnt their candidate. Its stereotyping, and while I believe thats wrong (considering how I get stereotyped in my own country with people asking me to do a rain dance for them when we have droughts), when you physically go somehwere and the people are like that, its leaves a worse impression because you actually experience it.
And I cant speak for the French's actions in other portions of the world. its not an excuse but the difference there was gold while here it was furs. there wasnt a need to fight the native people because you werent trying to take something from them. You were doing what they did for many centuries. Yes, I realize the French were no better (maybe worse) then the way the British ran things in different portions of the world, but yo could probably say I'm biased since my mother always talked highly of the French. You may think I'm bad, but Its nothing compared to her. She wont even speak to a British person or anyone who's... Friendly, i guess is the best way to put it, and holds the British with high authority. She tells me everyday she hates the British blood in her and it... well... It pretty much devolves into a hate speech. So I could be far worse but I went to Britain with an open mind and do in fact have a good few British friends.
Srdjan said:Fuck no, because I'm not one.
And England never did anything good, for anybody, ask any American, Scottish, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, African, Arab or Indian people you tried to enslave, also ask any Serbs you left for the Turks and later destroyed their country, several times, or ask Turks you betrayed later, or Russians to whom you did the same. Ask French whose country you occupied for hundereds of years, and later left for Germans to destroy it, or ask German, from who you snatched all colonies from and whose unification you opossed several times, also Italy's.
Everyone hates you and who says they love you do that just because thay can use you at the moment.
I was debating whether or not to say that for fear of getting banned or flamed.emeraldrafael said:Yeah.... As an american, I cant say yes, so my answer would have to be no, but i wouldnt go flaunting that around. Britain isnt exactly know for its peaceful and respectfulness in its treatment of the native people.Druss the Slayer said:our impact on the world and living standards/human rights.
Granted, I dont have much room to talk with what my country's foreign policies usually are, but yeah.
And I'm fine with the geography the way it is.Oh That Dude said:Wales is part of Britain and the British Isles, like it or not...CarpathianMuffin said:I'm Welsh, and I have many relatives over in the British Isles, not to mention the person closest to me.
I may not be native British, but I do take some pride in what little I am.
Well, if your serious you can see what it got me.AnAngryMoose said:Snip
Has anything been done to my mom by a british person? No, I dont think so. Its more of an imbedded hate. I remember we were in Canada once and a British Canadian hit our car while it was parked, but I dont blame that on him being British. He was drunk, but again, I dont blame that on him being British. I'll admit, maybe I shouldnt be holding the actions of 300 against the entirety of a nation, but its not exactly encouraging to see 80% talk to you like that (estimated, every number i've used has been). And like I said, I did make friends there. besides, I said earlier if i called myself anyhting it would be Cherokee-Polish/Pollack American. those two above everything else have influenced my life.Kernow Chris said:Snip
Well, thats pleasant. Thank you for saying I'm unwanted child, but its still not the worse I've heard. Also, no, my British % is lower because it depends how full-blooded your ancestors are. Its been so diluted by my other ancestors being more Cherokee, Polish/Pollack, German, Italian, and the 4% thats a combination of almost all the other countries in Europe combined. really, with the only 1% being British I dont usually count it as separate, but since i needed to show my British blood, thats how much of it I am.Redingold said:Snip