
Originally Posted by
English assassin
Well my personal opinion colours all of my statements, though whether they amount to bias I will leave to the court of public opinion.
Obviously in some contexts (filling out a passport application form, for example) drawing attention to the fact that you were born in England is neutral. But as a slogan "born in England live in England die in England" is plainly exclusionary. If you WEREN'T born in England there's not much you can do now to joint the "Born in England" club, is there. And presumably the sloganner thinks the Born in England club is a good one or he wouldn't be so proud to be in it himself. Therefore it seems a reasonably assumption that the best he is going to say to an immigrant is "two out of three aint bad".
Personally I am glad I have more things in life to be proud of than where I was born, as it is one of those achievements over which we have no influence whatsoever.
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