Europeans: Is this a game changer?

[Furunculus]

lol, no offense by the way. I did not mean that directed at anyone, simply the history and culture of the country I cannot stand. :P

lol, just wanted to get off a wise-crack about arrogant limeys.

on the other hand, the history and culture is precisely the thing about england i do like.

[Greyblades]

Yup we have a history going back to the dark ages, had the largest empire and went toe to toe with allmost everyone in the world. We even won most of the fights! Pity we had to do alot of bad things to get there, but we didnt know/believe they were bad at the time and hey everyone else was doing it too!
Now if only we could do something about the food...

[Vuk]

Yup we have a history going back to the dark ages, had the largest empire and went toe to toe with allmost everyone in the world. We even won most of the fights! Pity we had to do alot of bad things to get there, but we didnt know/believe they were bad at the time and hey everyone else was doing it too!
Now if only we could do something about the food...

And the gals.

[Greyblades]

You my friend have never been to essex.

[Vuk]

You my friend have never been to essex.

I am sure the Essexians are thankful for that. :P

[drone]

Don't they make jokes about East Seaxe girls?

[Greyblades]

Don't they make jokes about East Seaxe girls?

Yep


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[Furunculus]

Don't they make jokes about East Seaxe girls?

yup, thick as planks.

I find it offensive.

If I say, "I hate black people, but you're ok Dave" I'd be tarred and feathered, but Vuk think's it's ok to be racist so long as the race is white.

Not very enlightened.

i believe Vuk refers to a cultural meme, rather than a racial trait, which if true is something i can understand. as a rough example; i can only thank my lucky stars that the same electorate that chooses to keep berlusconi in power, and doesn't enmasse demand his resignation for unacceptable behaviour, is not an electorate who's choices i have to be governed by.

I find it highly unlikely that you, or anyone else for that matter, likes the puddings....

Also, is Dave black?

what's with this pudding business........?

While this is fine with me within the British Isles, where it makes some sense, I naturally have issues with the English being the standard elsewhere. The English are but a provincial race. Island dwelling upstarts. The standard against which other peoples should be judged deviant minorities ought not to be the Anglosaxon race, but the standard bearers of Western civilization for fifteen hundred years, the French. Therefore every time somebody says he hates the English, he insults my national pride.

as noted before, we english (read: British) are an arrogant bunch, so it had never occurred to a one among us that you might have such feelings, even know i struggle to understand it.

[Beskar]

Before the thread devolves into going more off-topic, for example "Why is it called the French Tricolour when there is only one colour?", we should return to talking about the threat of Russian Bear Riders looming on the doorstep of Europe, and the amount of concern we should express about this.

[HoreTore]

lol, just wanted to get off a wise-crack about arrogant limeys.

on the other hand, the history and culture is precisely the thing about england i do like.

I find it highly unlikely that you, or anyone else for that matter, likes the puddings....

Also, is Dave black?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Both within the British Isles, and without, it has strangely become PC to speak about the English in a most disparaging manner. What have those genocidal maniacs done to deserve thi Why should that be okay? One would not dare speak about Jews or Blacks or Irish in the same the way the English are spoken about.


It think it is considered PC to slag off the English for the same reason it is considered PC to slag off white, heterosexual middle class men. They are thought to be on top of the pyramid. The 'standard'. A standard against which deviancy is measured. the majority against which others are minorities. (Even when several of these minorities are majorities).
While this is fine with me within the British Isles, where it makes some sense, I naturally have issues with the English being the standard elsewhere. The English are but a provincial race. Island dwelling upstarts. The standard against which other peoples should be judged deviant minorities ought not to be the Anglosaxon race, but the standard bearers of Western civilization for fifteen hundred years, the French. Therefore every time somebody says he hates the English, he insults my national pride.

[Vuk]

Both within the British Isles, and without, it has strangely become PC to speak about the English in a most disparaging manner. What have those genocidal maniacs done to deserve thi Why should that be okay? One would not dare speak about Jews or Blacks or Irish in the same the way the English are spoken about.


It think it is considered PC to slag off the English for the same reason it is considered PC to slag off white, heterosexual middle class men. They are thought to be on top of the pyramid. The 'standard'. A standard against which deviancy is measured. the majority against which others are minorities. (Even when several of these minorities are majorities).
While this is fine with me within the British Isles, where it makes some sense, I naturally have issues with the English being the standard elsewhere. The English are but a provincial race. Island dwelling upstarts. The standard against which other peoples should be judged deviant minorities ought not to be the Anglosaxon race, but the standard bearers of Western civilization for fifteen hundred years, the French. Therefore every time somebody says he hates the English, he insults my national pride.

That's not true, I like to pick on everyone you weak little Frenchman.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Therefore every time somebody says he hates the English, he insults my national pride.

Hmm, is the hate towards your general direction from French outside of the Périphérique insufficient to keep up your hopes of being among the most reviled in the world?