We Irish know what it's like having independence, and my opinion on that matter is:
Take us back England. No one has a fucking clue what to do here.
Take us back England. No one has a fucking clue what to do here.
Oh yeah. Even now, I'm astounded at the things my mom will gain a sudden interest in just because one person who is 25% Korean is involved... (I am not joking. She admitted this.)Mandalore_15 said:I consider myself to be quite patriotic in some ways (although not in a blind, idiotic way like citizens of SOME countries we could mention...)
Canid117 said:No I am making an assumption based on the dominant opinion of my country that the citizens of the Commonwealth countries seem to have on these boards. If you were not talking about the United States then who were you talking about because we seem to have a worse reputation here than Oliver Cromwell.Mandalore_15 said:You don't even have any proof I was talking about the US. There are plenty of other countries that would also fit the description, so you're basically making a assumption based on your own views of America...Canid117 said:Because if you guys can come on every thread about the united states and call us a bunch of ignorant fucks then I can come on here and take issue with your passive aggressive jabs.Mandalore_15 said:Hey, prove me wrong buddy. Besides, if you've got no interest in the UK, why are you even on this thread?Canid117 said:Oh gee I wonder what country he could possibly be talking out of his ass about.Mandalore_15 said:I consider myself to be quite patriotic in some ways (although not in a blind, idiotic way like citizens of SOME countries we could mention...
OK guys, you need to not jump to conclusions. I almost wish I hadn't written that now. There are plenty of countries that fit that bill. Try:Android2137 said:Oh yeah. Even now, I'm astounded at the things my mom will gain a sudden interest in just because one person who is 25% Korean is involved... (I am not joking. She admitted this.)Mandalore_15 said:I consider myself to be quite patriotic in some ways (although not in a blind, idiotic way like citizens of SOME countries we could mention...)
(I know which country you really mean, but still...)
I remember seeing a film a couple of years ago, with Malcolm McDowell - kinda like a zombie, mad max thing where I think Scotland was quaranteened after a virus outbreak, it was terrible. Doomsday is the film I'm thinking about, other than that I've no idea.Me55enger said:wasn't there some film recently, where England put a wall up around Scotland and everyone inside turned into violent punk cannibals?
Or something like that.
I remember the irony of when Gordon brown got rightly elected as PM, and he was at risk of being forced to sit out of British parliament due to the fact he was Scottish.
You're welcome to you're freedom, I wont hold issue with it. it wont get you far in this day and age, mind.
I agree. I'm all for Scottish independence (as an Englander) so that my country won't have to keep throwing all its public services and tax money up Scotland's way. Without the continual CPR of the London economy, Scotland and Wales would go down the tubes. Sadly, neither country produces much that's desirable, and the things they historically produced (especially metals) can be produced far, far more cheaply by other nations. Without London's tertiary sector industry continuously siphoning its taxes off to other parts of the UK, England would be the only remaining G20 UK nation (okay, so that's a bit hyperbolic). Economically, this is as stupid an idea as saying that my house should declare independence from the UK. Unless the SNP is expecting England to continue to fund Scotland, despite it no longer be affiliated, then I really don't know what their endgame is.Mandalore_15 said:I think it would really knacker Scotland's economy!
Precisely. The problem is that they can't.Exterminas said:If they can manage to stay alive with their own economy, why not?
Otherwise it would be just stupid.