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Is there anyone other than me that is proud of this country?
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11 years ago
I am, but my pride is rooted in what this country has achieved in fields other than the sporting, except to the extent that we invented a number of sports.
Personally I'd rate us more by achievements in science, engineering, democracy, exploration, literature, and the English language.
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And whingeing:
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+1
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The vainglorious brit who has done f*ck all himself but wonders if he's the 'only person feeling proud' is a real object of pity
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Nothing positive to post then?
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Is that you Rod?
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Are they Olympic sports?
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Is that a sport?
Posh birds favourite wine "Daddy can I go to Ascot?
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Do let us know how you personally helped any of the medal winning heroes.
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WTF does that have to do with anything?
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I read it as ARW was claiming some isolated position in 'feeling proud' of 'his' country. As though he'd done something special himself. "Is there anyone else OTHER THAN ME that is proud of this country" is a very self centred question.
But he's done f*ck all; so, in a very real sense, don't you think he's worthy of pity?
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Not at all, I'm pretty chuffed (proud if you will) that Andy Murray won today and I'm not even a Scot.
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I suspect the "other than me" is just a reaction to be surrounded by so many truly miserable shites...
e.c. :
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I happened to watch a bit of equestrian chat, and some scion(ess?) of the royal family who is a competitor was being interviewed. She referred to her horse as a "dude". Cultural colonisation, in reverse.
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I think it's rather sad that approx 50 % of our medals are won by Public school attendees. Pretty poor reflection on sport in State schools.
I'd also suggest that national league tables have become almost meaningless, as competitors are now almost traded as a commodity with good runners from Africa for example, now representing very disparate countries. With the world going the way it is, perhaps it's time to dump the nationalistic fervour and concentrate on the individual achievement.
Personally I think that's a sad, even unsafe development but it seems an inevitable outcome.
Andy C
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Apart from the opening, I haven't watched any of it. Yes I feel proud to be British. It's better than being a Yankor a pac1. And much better than being a Frog or a Bruce.
If you don't feel proud to be British, why don't you F off somewhere else? Miserable git.
Adam does useful work, unlike a lot of the useless overpaid parasites we seem to have around us these days.
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Now he's won, he's British. He's only a Scot when he loses.
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It's a result of big business and the commercialisation of sport. They should make it a rule that you have to be born in the place you represent. Also applies to football. Never mind all these imported West Africans.
Sport is all meaningless these days. Just a ripoff for the simple minded.
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So who would play for the England B team then?