08 Sep 05
Originally posted by RedmikeThat's cold!
BBC Scotland & All regional ITV stations have placed Scotland on a major flood alert this morning and are reporting that every corner of the country will be affected. This is due to every Scot pishing themselves laughing at yet another football failure by England.
C'mon Australia!
08 Sep 05
Originally posted by RedmikeAll I've heard from you all day is anti-English venting. I thought you were bigger than that, you having a particularly bad day or something?
BBC Scotland & All regional ITV stations have placed Scotland on a major flood alert this morning and are reporting that every corner of the country will be affected. This is due to every Scot pishing themselves laughing at yet another football failure by England.
C'mon Australia!
08 Sep 05
Originally posted by StarrmanOh dear.
All I've heard from you all day is anti-English venting. I thought you were bigger than that, you having a particularly bad day or something?
Have my gentle remarks at the expense of engerland's mighty football gods caused offence?
I'm not really sure why you're surprised - Scotland won and engerland lost. To a team that's not even a real country. Did you really expect that people in Scotland wouldn't have something to say about that? Did you really expect that we'd put up with garbage in the 'british' media about engerland's chances of winning the world cup and then hold our bladders when they fall on their faces at the qualifying stages?
I realise that engerland will probably still qualify, and Scotland probably won't. That doesn't mean we can't have a bit of fun at each other's expense in the process.
08 Sep 05
Originally posted by RedmikeHonestly, I couldn't give a toss about football, I just don't know why the supposed Eng/Scot divide is such an issue. Why do Scots care if the media portray the England football team in one particular light or another?
Oh dear.
Have my gentle remarks at the expense of engerland's mighty football gods caused offence?
I'm not really sure why you're surprised - Scotland won and engerland lost. To a team that's not even a real country. Did you really expect that people in Scotland wouldn't have something to say about that? Did you really expect that we'd put up wit ...[text shortened]... won't. That doesn't mean we can't have a bit of fun at each other's expense in the process.
08 Sep 05
Originally posted by StarrmanIt's not really a Scotland / England divide.
Honestly, I couldn't give a toss about football, I just don't know why the supposed Eng/Scot divide is such an issue. Why do Scots care if the media portray the England football team in one particular light or another?
It's just the English are so smarmy when it comes to supporting their team.
Even if they're playing really crap, if they win it's: "We're the best in the world and blah blah blah blah"
And then when they lose (even if they played alright) it's: "Sack the bloody manager!"
Same as the Dutch really...
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08 Sep 05
Originally posted by RedmikeWhat have those English done this time?
BBC Scotland & All regional ITV stations have placed Scotland on a major flood alert this morning and are reporting that every corner of the country will be affected. This is due to every Scot pishing themselves laughing at yet another football failure by England.
C'mon Australia!
08 Sep 05
Originally posted by StarrmanThe Scots care about how the english team is portrayed because it is rammed down our throats.
Honestly, I couldn't give a toss about football, I just don't know why the supposed Eng/Scot divide is such an issue. Why do Scots care if the media portray the England football team in one particular light or another?
The supposedly 'british' meeja is, in fact, english. And the rest of grate britain is expected to just put up with it and go along with it.
This isn't an anti-english sentiment - it is a pro-Scottish sentiment.
If we had our own media, we would report on the english team much as we do the Irish or French - impartially, as you would with a neighbouring nation. And you probably wouldn't see what you perceive as 'anti-english venting'.
However, while Scotland is treated like an english annex, we'll take delight in the sporting mishaps of our over-bearing big brother.
08 Sep 05
Originally posted by RedmikeWhat he said but in welsh.
The Scots care about how the english team is portrayed because it is rammed down our throats.
The supposedly 'british' meeja is, in fact, english. And the rest of grate britain is expected to just put up with it and go along with it.
This isn't an anti-english sentiment - it is a pro-Scottish sentiment.
If we had our own media, we would report on t ...[text shortened]... e an english annex, we'll take delight in the sporting mishaps of our over-bearing big brother.
We do have our own media and we do.
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08 Sep 05
......That doesn't mean we can't have a bit of fun at each other's expense in the process.I think for 99.9% of english and scottish people it is just that - a bit of fun.
It speaks volumes for me that although we may boo each other's national anthems and have a right old laugh when the others lose, when it comes to a minutes silence for someone dying or something like that, more often than not it is respected among the whole crowd.