Originally posted by robbie carrobieWhat ahistorical nonsense. It IS cultural identity, not a lack of it. It IS an ever present element of "Englishness". The British Empire, and its strong English element, which has been deliberately portrayed since Victorian times as being "lauded as the purveyors of manners and fair play", was in fact built on the back of absolutely ruthless soldiers and sailors with often peerless proclivities to visit violence upon its subjects, enemies and victims, all stage managed by upper middle class and upper class paymasters and functionaries who carefully peddled the glib twaddle about purveyors of manners and fair play and all that whatnot. 😀
Its a lack of cultural identity. The English have simply lost their Englishness. They were once lauded as the purveyors of manners and fair play now they are naught but a nation of lager louts. They are also incredibly class conscious and have none of the egalitarian sensibilities of the Irish and Scots. This class consciousness is perpetrated th ...[text shortened]... urls and think everyone lives in a quaint village with Miss Marples and the Vicar as neighbours.
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Originally posted by huckleberryhoundYou should have used the fiver to buy Very Rusty's daughter.
...and all Muslims are suicide bombers.
I think there must be a self fulfilling prophecy when dealing with the English fans maybe.
Also, i have a fiver on them to beat the Russians 😛
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I'll leave the thought of "honesty" floating there, gently and freely, for
it to come back later to bite you in the rear.
Edit. Just because I like you, I'll drop you a couple of hints. Hooliganism's
first recorded incident is... *ahem* from England, and it was known, as early
as the 60s, as the "English Disease" *wink wink*
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-Removed-My city voted for independence but those Anglophiles in Edinburgh aborted the mission. If you Muppets vote to leave the EU it will trigger another referendum then we can start chiselling along the border and float you out to mid Atlantic where you belong. CYA!