Poll: Proud to be British

[The Bucket]

I'm proud to be Irish almost full blood. Yet I am American and I have the same views as those 16-18 year olds. I hate it here. I am letting politics decide if I stay in America or not. Yet I will always defend this country considering it raised me.

Without knowing the specifics of your geneology, I would advise you not to go telling the real Irish that you're "proud to be Irish". Nothing pisses them off more. As far as they are concerned, if you aren't born or raised in Ireland, you can't claim to have any Irish in you, no matter how many O'Reillys you might have in your family tree.

This is true, although its less pissed off and more eye rolling. Just seems silly to call yourself "Irish American" if you've never lived in Ireland, just because your 5th cousin twice removed was Paddy McShaughnassey or whatever. We are a rabbit like race, as soon as large numbers move to an area the boinking starts (at least in the past)

O.T I dont think anyone should be wholly proud or disgusted with their country. I, for example am proud of the people who gave their lives for independence in Ireland and am ashamed of the psycotic low lives that movements always attract. These days, i'm proud of the good people I know and am ashamed of the bankers and politicians who sent us into a horrible recession and are now playing the blame game without actually punishing anyone. You take the rough with the smooth, and acknowledge while your country isn't perfect, your grateful for what its done for you.

 

[Kortney]

Calling someone British here in Manchester is a good way to get your head kicked in. People are either English, Scottish, Welsh or Terrorist.

Anyway, I'm proud to live in England. I'm not English/British though so I can't really vote.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

No, why would I be proud to be born on a certain piece of land? It didn't exactly require much effort on my part. 32.

All those people who had somehow contributed to Britains achievements can feel proud of their particular role but I had nothing to do with it.

 

[Mrselfdestruct]

Proud to be British maybe, but not Welsh....it's not like we've done much....

You guys invented the Longbow!

And Christian Bale, maybe we're not so bad...

 

[Spygon]

I am British, half irish and half english.

My answer is i am proud of the british people and being part of them.But i am not proud of our government.

 

[Private Custard]

I'm proud of a few things. But, for the most part, no. In fact I'd go so far as to say it's fucking embarrassing being British at the moment.

I'm also pissed off. I was outside at lunch today, watching four squadrons of Harriers showing off for the last time before being retired. Fuck whoever decided it was a good idea to do this, and many other terrible things, to our military.

 

[RewardMe]

Emerald, if you're 6% cherokee, don't fecking mention it mate. I'm probably 1% French, or Norse; yet you will not find me talking about myself as though I'm French, or Scandinavian.

And I would hold your arguement in higher stead, if you spelt Britain correctly.

Haha damn straight. 6% cherokee and he calls them "his" people hah.

Hell, i could trace a few irish people in my family tree a few generations back. But i don't exactly go around and call myself a irish-english now do i? Nope, just english.

Hell i'm english. So i'm sure if i went further back i'd find a bit of german, dutch, viking and french aswell.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

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.

Isn't Wales part of Great Britain? Shouldn't you be using "English" in this instance?

I mean that I don't live over there. And I am actually a bit English, so... British works in either case. xD

 

[emeraldrafael]

Emerald, if you're 6% cherokee, don't fecking mention it mate. I'm probably 1% French, or Norse; yet you will not find me talking about myself as though I'm French, or Scandinavian.

And I would hold your arguement in higher stead, if you spelt Britain correctly.

Considering its hard to find full blooded Cherokees (or any native americans for that matter) that are in the modern world (or even on their own reservations) and the history of the people and how our numbers dwindled so quickly, 6% is rather high, when you only need ot prove 2% to be considered. really, that six percent is like saying I'm 20-35%. ANd the fact that I am native is much more important to me then where my European ancestors came from. Since Native American tribes (in total, combining all of the tribes across the country), account for less then 1% of the the US population, that 6% is a much higher number then you would ever think.

But I'll be on topic. I did alot of those "foreign exchange" things for schooling. I was in (South) Africa, Britain (and whether i choose to spell it right is up to me, since your country seems to not want to acknowledge the evil it committed against my people), New Zealand for a semester and I hop skipped around some of the South Asian/Pacific countries/islands, and the worst that left an impression on me was Britain. The people seemed snobbish when they saw me and knew what I was (some how being American makes me scum to you, but being NATIVE American makes me the scum that grows on Dog excrement), the weather was horrible (I dont understand how you people live not being able to see the sun or living in constant rain for most of the year), and the diet there was something that I fear may have stunted me. I made friends, yes, and no, your country wasnt all bad, but the cons FAR outweighed the Pros. Possible the only place worst in my global travels was the Cambodian village i lived in, but that was more towards the fact i had a local disease, so i didnt get out much and was pretty much quarentined for much of my stay.

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

No, but I hate the concept of national pride, so I'm a bit biased

 

[Karilas]

Okay, haven't really read the thread but thought I'd chime in, I'm 25 [whatever relevance that has], I'm English but but I've got blood from all over the place, point is I don't see any reason for people to be proud of what is essentially hereditary geography.

 

[AcrylicHero]

I wasn't born in the UK, but I earned my right to be officially called british few years back.
I am damn proud of that right. As far as I'm concerned this is my true homeland and it's the place that made me what I am today, for better or for worse.
There are moments in the past and today that britain should feel great and ashamed of.
The current parliamentary system and the elitists who occupy it disgust me, the likes of EDL and BNP I detest, and the whole godamn class system is something I truly hate.
We've got bureucrats in the public sector with no interest in serving the public, and are only wasting money and valuable time. We've got dishonest democratic representatives and lords who constantly deceive to us and pretty much steal the taxpayer's money. We've got people abusing the benefits scheme and depiriving it of people who truly need help.
I certainly did not vote for the current tory government and I dissaprove of their methods; we need radical changes in the public sectors but not like this.

Still, even after all this I'm still proud to call myself british. I'm ashamed and disgusted of my goverment and the upperclasses who run it, but I still love my country.
I despair to think of the day when all the good people throw down the union jack, st george's, st andrews, the welsh or the irish flag. I'm not going to throw my country and home to the bastards and let them have their way.

 

[Danzaivar]

I'm 6% Cherokee. Lets talk about what you "did" for MY people.

6% Cherokee? It's fascinating how obsessed Americans are with genealogy. Americans and dog-breeders. Obsessed with the stuff!

 

[RewardMe]

Emerald, if you're 6% cherokee, don't fecking mention it mate. I'm probably 1% French, or Norse; yet you will not find me talking about myself as though I'm French, or Scandinavian.

And I would hold your arguement in higher stead, if you spelt Britain correctly.

Considering its hard to find full blooded Cherokees (or any native americans for that matter) that are in the modern world (or even on their own reservations) and the history of the people and how our numbers dwindled so quickly, 6% is rather high, when you only need ot prove 2% to be considered. really, that six percent is like saying I'm 20-35%. ANd the fact that I am native is much more important to me then where my European ancestors came from. Since Native American tribes (in total, combining all of the tribes across the country), account for less then 1% of the the US population, that 6% is a much higher number then you would ever think.

But I'll be on topic. I did alot of those "foreign exchange" things for schooling. I was in (South) Africa, Britain (and whether i choose to spell it right is up to me, since your country seems to not want to acknowledge the evil it committed against my people), New Zealand for a semester and I hop skipped around some of the South Asian/Pacific countries/islands, and the worst that left an impression on me was Britain. The people seemed snobbish when they saw me and knew what I was (some how being American makes me scum to you, but being NATIVE American makes me the scum that grows on Dog excrement), the weather was horrible (I dont understand how you people live not being able to see the sun or living in constant rain for most of the year), and the diet there was something that I fear may have stunted me. I made friends, yes, and no, your country wasnt all bad, but the cons FAR outweighed the Pros. Possible the only place worst in my global travels was the Cambodian village i lived in, but that was more towards the fact i had a local disease, so i didnt get out much and was pretty much quarentined for much of my stay.

Shut up and cry somewhere else. You are not a native american. You are a white guy with no identity who found out one day that his great great grandmother got knocked up by a native american. And ever since have been calling yourself "dances in the rain".

Take your hatred somewhere else.

 

[Doomsday11]

With so much achevied by this tiny nation that was once the centre of the world and still even of the modern day is major player in world politics and economics.
Pretty impressive for a tiny little island

 

[6unn3r]

Yes, very proud and infact honoured to be a Brit.

 

[emeraldrafael]

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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.

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.

I'm 6% Cherokee. Lets talk about what you "did" for MY people.

6% Cherokee? It's fascinating how obsessed Americans are with genealogy. Americans and dog-breeders. Obsessed with the stuff!

Considering the native people of a country make up only 1% of its total 300 Million+, 6% aint too bad.

 

[cardinalwiggles]

i am proud to be english. not so much for british no reason i just feel better. the welsh don't like us. the scottish don't like us. the irish don't like us. honestly i don't even think we like us. but were proud

 

[Kirkby]

Emerald, if you're 6% cherokee, don't fecking mention it mate. I'm probably 1% French, or Norse; yet you will not find me talking about myself as though I'm French, or Scandinavian.

And I would hold your arguement in higher stead, if you spelt Britain correctly.

Britain (and whether i choose to spell it right is up to me, since your country seems to not want to acknowledge the evil it committed against my people), New Zealand for a semester and I hop skipped around some of the South Asian/Pacific countries/islands, and the worst that left an impression on me was Britain. The people seemed snobbish when they saw me and knew what I was (some how being American makes me scum to you, but being NATIVE American makes me the scum that grows on Dog excrement), the weather was horrible (I dont understand how you people live not being able to see the sun or living in constant rain for most of the year), and the diet there was something that I fear may have stunted me. I made friends, yes, and no, your country wasnt all bad, but the cons FAR outweighed the Pros.

Okay first of all where did u go in Britain? I think its unfair to judge 3 countries and northern ireland if you only went to one city in one country, i dont judge America by the rednecks i know exist and i can assure you that being Cherokee is something everyone i associate with would find really cool.

Second of all you can choose to spell Britain in any way you want, however if your going to flame it shortly afterwards you should spell it correctly too look less like a troll and also dont start bringing up murders that happened hundreds of years ago. No one here has ever killed a Cherokee and there's nothing we can do about it so dont get all high and mighty about it. Saying stuff like that is just baiting people