maxjak Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) "Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes in the name of patriotism".........that is a quote from Albert Einstein. I am not saying he is right, or that I am right ....but it cannot be called inaccurate, because it is a matter of opinion, NOT fact. So it cannot be inaccurate., if it is opinion and not a fact. Sorry, but what the hell does "Aspects of nationalism" even mean? If you truly believe that a bloke called George, cut off a Dragon's head in the 14th Century....then that is your opinion....and your welcome to it? Edited April 23, 2022 by maxjak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, richwwtk said: Patriotism is being proud of your country and believing it to be a decent place, something that the current government (and Brexit) are making it very hard to do. nationalism is blindly believing your country is superior to all others regardless of evidence, something that the current government (and Brexit) are a shining example of. I'm going to stop now as this is in football chat and not Politics Yes, please do stop as you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. Anyway, Happy St George’s Day fellow Reds. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 The best thing about St George's Day is that it gets the 15ers wearing red and white. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sixtyseconds Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 Finally the Gases dress sense has caught up with 14th century. Happy St Georges day., 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 St. George's Day is our day to celebrate England and being English. Some English people will find any reason not to be proud of England and to try and mock those who are. Strange lot, but **** 'em, especially today. Happy St. George's Day to proud English men and women everywhere. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 Happy St George’s Day from Cardiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sixtyseconds Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: St. George's Day is our day to celebrate England and being English. Some English people will find any reason not to be proud of England and to try and mock those who are. Strange lot, but **** 'em, especially today. Happy St. George's Day to proud English men and women everywhere. Tedious and this year the self loathers have a new joke. "St George was Turkish and the Tories would have sent him to Rwanda". Moving on. I'm a proud England belongs to me man meself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) England oh England, a country so great RIP Mensi. You'd never win any singing competitions. Not that you would have wanted to mind! Edited April 23, 2022 by City Rocker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 57 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Some English people will find any reason not to be proud of England and to try and mock those who are. It's a myth that there are a lot of people that hate England. What people mock the plastic patriotism of those who use things like St George's Day to pretend England is somehow superior to everyone else. We have a long proud history of self depreciation and self mockery in this country. We should never allow sensitive right wing snowflakes to stop our piss taking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Nogbad the Bad said: St. George's Day is our day to celebrate England and being English. Some English people will find any reason not to be proud of England and to try and mock those who are. Strange lot, but **** 'em, especially today. Happy St. George's Day to proud English men and women everywhere. Is it strange not to feel proud of your country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Leigh of Somerset Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, exAtyeoMax said: Absolutely gorgeous. And the song isn't too bad either...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 9 hours ago, maxjak said: Patriotism............next to Religion, the biggest cause of most of the world's problems. St George was probably Turkish or Syrian......and it's all a myth which never happened anyway Ha!!i? 3 hours ago, Roger Red Hat said: To be strictly accurate, St George - if he existed, there is no contemporaneous record of him - would be Greek, or at least Greek-speaking. Turks didn't live in the Middle East until 900 years after St George's martyrdom (if indeed it happened) while Arabs (and hence "Syrians" and "Palestinians") still lived mainly in what is now Saudi Arabia until 400 years after his death. Anyway, I hope everyone's having a good Day. I shall go out now and celebrate my nationality by sinking a few pints of best English ale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 48 minutes ago, Henry said: Is it strange not to feel proud of your country? With this Government it could be quite easy not to, but I try to get past it and then ... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 We should forget about St George and start celebrating St Edmund's Day on 20 November. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Edmund-original-Patron-Saint-of-England/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cloud Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, BS2 Red said: We should forget about St George and start celebrating St Edmund's Day on 20 November. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Edmund-original-Patron-Saint-of-England/ great shout but for me, King Alfred should be our patron saint, not exactly a Saint but the guy created England and while we're there, "Jerusalem" for our national anthem, every other country on the planet is allowed one but not us Edited April 23, 2022 by Red Cloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 Spent part of my St. George’s Day watching Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You at the Hippodrome, thoroughly recommended. These “Saints Days” are bollocks though really, aren’t they. What absolute nonsense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Red Cloud said: King Alfred should be our patron saint, not exactly a Saint but the guy created England He wanted to, but he never managed it. His grandson, King Athelstan, was the first king of England. Interestingly, Athelstan's brother Edmund succeeded him as king and ruled until he was murdered in Pucklechurch. Which remains the only interesting thing about Pucklechurch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpexile Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: SHUT UP. Dragons ARE real. How else do you explain getting a Mr Whippy ice-crean WITH DRAGONS BLOOD on it. You probably think of it as 'strawberry syrup' or something. But you're wrong. IT'S. THE. BLOOD. OF. DRAGONS. Mother-in-Law comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 2 hours ago, BS2 Red said: He wanted to, but he never managed it. His grandson, King Athelstan, was the first king of England. Interestingly, Athelstan's brother Edmund succeeded him as king and ruled until he was murdered in Pucklechurch. Which remains the only interesting thing about Pucklechurch. Plus, he was always a bit mean to Uhtred son of Uhtred. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Seconded re Alfred - born in Wantage, kicked the Vikings’ sorry arses and essentially saved the last Anglo-Saxon Kingdom, brought in a new era of sage learning in England, was responsible for the advent of the English navy and yet is remembered for something he almost certainly didn’t do - burning some cakes. A truly remarkable man. Read “The White Horse King” for the full story. Probably his grandson deserves the epithet of the original “King of the English” but it would never have been possible without Alfred’s escapades. I was born a stone’s throw from the AD 878 battle site of Edington where he slapped the Danes but it is hopelessly obscure compared to Hastings, Agincourt, et al. Tis a crying shame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 16 hours ago, The Gasbuster said: To all fellow Reds ! Back at ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 I’ve never been particularly patriotic, but living in a dystopian shithole like China, I find it much easier to be proud of my own country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 16 hours ago, Sheltons Army said: Are we still allowed to mention , let alone celebrate St George’s Day ? **** Em English and Proud Why couldn’t you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 I love England. It's not perfect, but we have a lot we can be proud of. Sport is one of them. Was at Wembley today and it was a fantastic atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Here is our one true king.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Happy Greek or maybe Turkish soldier day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cloud Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, southside said: Happy Greek or maybe Turkish soldier day remember on St Patrick's day to wish the Irish "Happy Welsh day" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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