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[f1ea]

I do have a thing against that darned measure system. It makes no sense!!

but yeah... the flag is so cool, the downunderners went and copied it

[Jabberwocky]

its not just media outlets that you can see it, the worlld entire has angood idea that everyone hates three countries most, the US UK and France(Germany if your french), and its really pathetic and annoying, im not even super patriotic but christ!

So English is not your second language???

I'm English and don't really care what anyone else thinks, but I'm lah-dih-dah like that. Whenever you feel down, just remember WW2. Our little island was the only country that put a stop to the Nazi juggernaut. Woop!

Also, Boy George!

good for you to not care i guess, but im afraid the english channel and 20 million russian deaths saved blighty in ww2.

...and the arms shipments from the US.

If you watch any Hollywood film about the period, there was only Americans in WW2 and they all single-handedly won the war only using a rusty bayonet

[texasmr2]

Thats how we roll all 'cloak and dagger' j/k. Anywho anti-anyone for anything is rather small minded and I use a stick to scrape it off my shoes.

[hounddub]

Before you accuse me of being "anti-British" I'll let you know that I have exactly the same passport as you (OK...I also am lucky to have another passport from my place of birth!).

The anti-British sentiment stems fundamentally from the ex-colonies.....in Australia and Singapore where I live today the Brits come here and all they want to do is watch Premier League, drink Bitter and instruct everyone about the "properness" of the Queens english as well as portray themselves as somewhat "superior" to the people of Asia in particular. It just doesn't wash any more I'm sorry....we' are all pretty sick of it.

As for your comments about "the little British Island that managed to stave off the Nazi's in WW2".... frankly, it's exactly that attitude that get's the Brits the reputation they have today. When it comes to specifically the issue of WW2, many Englishmen conveniently forget the extent to which the armies of the Commonwealth as well as the HUGE committment from the Americans was the telling factor in the result that occurred.

The sooner that Brits around this part of the world act with a little more humility and decency towards other cultures rather than arrive like a bunch of "lads on a pissed night out" the better.

Like I said....I'm technically one of you.....but the way in which some Brits carry on down here at least is far from impressive.

[FRAFPDD]

Before you accuse me of being "anti-British" I'll let you know that I have exactly the same passport as you (OK...I also am lucky to have another passport from my place of birth!).

The anti-British sentiment stems fundamentally from the ex-colonies.....in Australia and Singapore where I live today the Brits come here and all they want to do is watch Premier League, drink Bitter and instruct everyone about the "properness" of the Queens english as well as portray themselves as somewhat "superior" to the people of Asia in particular. It just doesn't wash any more I'm sorry....we' are all pretty sick of it.

As for your comments about "the little British Island that managed to stave off the Nazi's in WW2".... frankly, it's exactly that attitude that get's the Brits the reputation they have today. When it comes to specifically the issue of WW2, many Englishmen conveniently forget the extent to which the armies of the Commonwealth as well as the HUGE committment from the Americans was the telling factor in the result that occurred.

The sooner that Brits around this part of the world act with a little more humility and decency towards other cultures rather than arrive like a bunch of "lads on a pissed night out" the better.

Like I said....I'm technically one of you.....but the way in which some Brits carry on down here at least is far from impressive.

Youve completely skipped over anything you could class as a positive, youve also merged two seperate posts as one, and as i was tyhe OP youve made it a reply to mine. I dont even know where to start with your post, ive already said russia saved our bottom, america too, but russia saved everyones bottom in that war, ive seen nobody say anything about what you said bar one that said hey this little island defended from the nazi war machine, which is true. Forgive me for saying cause i have no prejudice, but people tend to think every briton is the working class that seem to give us a bad impression with the drunkenness,premier elague etc stuff. Youd do well to realise the middle/upper class far outweigh in Britain. Not that working class people are some sort of disease, its just they do tend to give off the worst impressions.

Stop thinking we are all like that, or else you fall right into the ignorant category in which you speak against. Any educated reason minded Briton knows and will happily accept that poles, anzacs (yourselfs), muslims, americans, russians and so many more were all fighting for our survival, and without an eastern front and american arms, we more then likely, not definitely, but more then likely would of fallen to the germans.

Thats not even the point really, its that youve clearly got the wrong idea of us, i dont think your a Hater either, its easy to assume such when it seems everyone is like that. That said, apart from some things like our olympic team, musical history, inventions and theories, flag , and generally our PAST achievements, im not proud to be British at all today, i hardly like more then my immediate family and a few friends, cause people are just horrible in one way or another, but thats the case in EVERY western country, so its not an excuse to hate us specifically.

[albertz33]

Dude,

Take it easy, take a deep breath, and realise that being British and being born on this sceptred isle is to be truly blessed!

Jelousy, pure & simple

[trailertrash]

Dude,

Take it easy, take a deep breath, and realise that being British and being born on this sceptred isle is to be truly blessed!

Jelousy, pure & simple

Wat the hells the mater wit y'all. yur bein ethnikly clensed by stelth and dont reelise it. yoor in debt up to your pits, and y'all dont get any points in that there eiro singing contest. Y'all raped and pilaged the known world for senturies
and heers the good part. Y'all think your still a world power. Man wake up.

[stonemonkey]

Dude,

Take it easy, take a deep breath, and realise that being British and being born on this sceptred isle is to be truly blessed!

Jelousy, pure & simple

And there lies the answer to the OP.

[scotty]

Funny thread really, and seemingly created simply because of a rection to British press. Same old story really. Also that relates to the posts about it being the English who are hated more than the other British countries. I sure know a lot of Scots who pinpoint that (ie, the press) as a large reason for the English pissing them off. Although this thread isn't actually about our little home nations disagreements, so lets not dwell on that. Anyway, Autosport and particulary Mark Hughes have become somewhat useless and biased to the point of blindness recently, so don't worry about it.

As for foreigners hating us because of the stereotypical holiday behaviour, well, it's merely unfortunate and sad to think that a typical British tourist now is a chav necking pints of lager...

And one final note to take care of these idiotic and misinformed posts relating to WW2 and the Battle of Britain. The Nazis were on our doorstep and tried to break in. We were somewhat decimated and massively outgunned and outnumbered at that point and we still managed to dig in and fight them off, at least temporarily (and as it turned out permanently with a bunch of help!). If you don't get why that is something to be proud of as a nation, then i really don't care.

I do have a thing against that darned measure system. It makes no sense!!

The metric system!? Dude...

[darwin dali]

Funny thread really, and seemingly created simply because of a rection to British press. Same old story really. Also that relates to the posts about it being the English who are hated more than the other British countries. I sure know a lot of Scots who pinpoint that (ie, the press) as a large reason for the English pissing them off. Although this thread isn't actually about our little home nations disagreements, so lets not dwell on that. Anyway, Autosport and particulary Mark Hughes have become somewhat useless and biased to the point of blindness recently, so don't worry about it.

As for foreigners hating us because of the stereotypical holiday behaviour, well, it's merely unfortunate and sad to think that a typical British tourist now is a chav necking pints of lager...

And one final note to take care of these idiotic and misinformed posts relating to WW2 and the Battle of Britain. The Nazis were on our doorstep and tried to break in. We were somewhat decimated and massively outgunned and outnumbered at that point and we still managed to dig in and fight them off, at least temporarily (and as it turned out permanently with a bunch of help!). If you don't get why that is something to be proud of as a nation, then i really don't care.

I do have a thing against that darned measure system. It makes no sense!!

The metric system!? Dude...

I think he was talking about the English system, gallons, pounds and all that crap that doesn't make sense.

[scotty]

It's outdated imperial measurements, of course it makes no sense. Although from what i've seen my generation tends not to use pounds and ounces and whatever. The exception is, of course, the pint...

[darwin dali]

It's outdated imperial measurements, of course it makes no sense. Although from what i've seen my generation tends not to use pounds and ounces and whatever. The exception is, of course, the pint...

And the proverbial 6 inches that are rather relative in the metric system

[F1er]

Dude,

Take it easy, take a deep breath, and realise that being British and being born on this sceptred isle is to be truly blessed!

Jelousy, pure & simple

. Y'all raped and pilaged the known world for senturies.

Such intelligent post

So did the Romans,Greeks,Mongols,Huns,Persians,Dutch,Spanish,Portugese and every Empire known to mankind

[FRAFPDD]

Funny thread really, and seemingly created simply because of a rection to British press. Same old story really. Also that relates to the posts about it being the English who are hated more than the other British countries. I sure know a lot of Scots who pinpoint that (ie, the press) as a large reason for the English pissing them off. Although this thread isn't actually about our little home nations disagreements, so lets not dwell on that. Anyway, Autosport and particulary Mark Hughes have become somewhat useless and biased to the point of blindness recently, so don't worry about it.

As for foreigners hating us because of the stereotypical holiday behaviour,
well, it's merely unfortunate and sad to think that a typical British tourist now is a chav necking pints of lager...

And one final note to take care of these idiotic and misinformed posts relating to WW2 and the Battle of Britain. The Nazis were on our doorstep and tried to break in. We were somewhat decimated and massively outgunned and outnumbered at that point and we still managed to dig in and fight them off, at least temporarily (and as it turned out permanently with a bunch of help!). If you don't get why that is something to be proud of as a nation, then i really don't care.

I do have a thing against that darned measure system. It makes no sense!!

The metric system!? Dude...

whats wrong with my post, i dont read any papers with false stories ie the sun, daily mail, if your trying to pass off this thread as ignorant or misinformed.


also, i said working class but there are a lot of middle class people who get just as drunk and disorderly, mainly on cheap wine with their spoilt kids, because they're "old enough at 16 to do what tgey like".
AND I havent seen one miainformed post about ww2, can you point me in the direction?

[What's Burning?]

Too much hate in this thread... so in the Christmas spirit, here's a little international something to bring cheer to us all.


Heaven & Hell

Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics German, the lovers French and it's all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss and it's all organized by the Italians.