Are you proud to be English/British?

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Might've preferred to be brought up in a developing superpower e.g. USA/ China/ India instead of a dwindling one... But I feel lucky to have been educated in a country specialising in education, so yeah pretty proud to be British.

Reply 41

Tootles

Original post by jaydoh

I know you shouldn't be proud of where you happened to be born, but since there's no changing it you may as well embrace the fact and show some national pride. I don't particularly like the Royals but it's nice to see the show of national pride for royal birthdays, weddings and the likes.

So are you proud to be British?

Who the Dickens said you shouldn't be proud of where you were born? Your nationality is a part of who you are!

Of course, I'm proud to be English. I have never and will never think of myself as British. My family settled in England long before there even was a Britain.

Reply 42

House of Jonny

Proud to British. Yes I am. Sure as hell. We have quite the rich heritage. Im proud to be Dominican too. NOT the Dominican Republic it is the COMMONWEALTH of Dominica. See link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DominicaCommonwealth of Dominica Wikipedia Page

Reply 43

DJkG.1

Original post by G8D

If people are allowed to be proud about being black or gay or any other thing they have no control over then damn right I'm going to be proud of being white, Scottish, straight and maybe even British to an extent.

Obviously they are allowed to feel proud of anything they want, but just because people are proud of stupid things doesn't mean you should feel compelled (as it sounds) to join them in the idiotic pursuit of being proud of things such as being white, Scottish, straight and British lol. :erm:

Original post by House of Jonny

Sick house bro. :cool:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 44

Teveth

Original post by S129439

I'm proud to be English, but not British. For me they represent different things.

Such as?

Reply 45

devils18

Original post by L i b

Not "proud" as such - as far as I'm concerned, pride is a negative thing: one of the seven deadly sins, no less. But yes, I'm very attached to Britain, Scotland, the city I live in, the county I grew up in, all that jazz.

Well, you're British then. Have a look at your passport.

My passport says British but ethnically speaking I'm not am I, that's what indigenous Brits would say. Is this what the OP is getting at?

Reply 46

Margaret Thatcher

Original post by devils18

My passport says British but ethnically speaking I'm not am I, that's what indigenous Brits would say. Is this what the OP is getting at?

British is a nationality. English, Scottish, Welsh (and so on) are ethnicities.

Reply 47

Celtic_Anthony

It never crosses my mind.

Reply 48

PinkMobilePhone

Volunteer Team

proud? not particularly.

Incidentally I wasn't born in England anyway lol. I'm British though via my mam (who was born in England) - I have a British passport and all......

I think Britain is rapidly losing its identity anyway really, which is a shame, but there we have it.

Reply 49

Locke54

Original post by devils18

My passport says British but ethnically speaking I'm not am I, that's what indigenous Brits would say. Is this what the OP is getting at?

Not really. Britishness was always a construct to bring together English and Scottish ethnicities into one. Over the time it has expanded and taken in new communities, just like the concept of being 'American' has. I don't think people would dispute you were British (aside from racists). It is hard to claim you're English though, because a) English isn't a nationality and b) it's an ethnicity seperate from the nationality which is British.

Reply 50

House of Jonny

Original post by DJkG.1

Sick house bro. :cool:

Thanks. You can come if you want +1. Guest MUST be female. Pool and Jacussi's are inside. Bathing Suit not required. (Female Only)

Reply 51

Little_My

I don't really care for national pride :/

Reply 52

EggmanD

Proud that we supply the world with the best music and comedy and the British way in general.

Not proud to a nationalist level though, more happy i guess.

Reply 53

devils18

Original post by ajp100688

Right, understood. :colondollar:

I can support England right? :tongue:

Reply 54

Celtic_Anthony

Original post by G8D

I never said I was compelled to or that I pursued it. In fact it rarely crosses my mind outside of comparisons.

I was more drawing attention to the idiotic pursuit of others and the seeming lack of support for non-minorities to be proud of uncontrollable things such as race/country born to/sexuality.

" :erm:

I think for minority groups the pride is more to do with the fight whichever community has had to gain a level playing field. Whereas, being White, British and Straight means you were always going to be sitting pretty. And probably more likely to participate in screwing each other over in the rat race than fighting for a common cause...

Reply 55

No Man

I am happy to be British, I am not proud of being British because I didn't achieve Britishness.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 56

Curzon

Original post by Margaret Thatcher

British is a nationality. English, Scottish, Welsh (and so on) are ethnicities.

That's a huge matter of opinion, don't say it like it's fact. There are a hell of a lot of people, including me, who would class their nationality as being Welsh, English, etc. What about people who would say their nationality is Catalan? Tell them they are Spanish and they'll probably smack you in the face.

Reply 57

B-Man.

Yes I am proud of plopping out my mom's vagina. I did it like a pro :hmmm:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 58

Celtic_Anthony

Original post by G8D

So essentially playing the discrimination card and assuming it makes them part of some community :erm:

Eh, no. Try again.

Reply 59

Time Tourist

Despite the last government and the education system wanting me to be ashamed and sorry, I'm not sorry or ashamed. The left-liberal elite have a masochistic guilt complex and some foreigners have a resentful chip on their shoulder about the empire. But I'm not sorry or ashamed of who I am, my country and my heritage; why should anyone be ashamed of who they are? England is more than an empire, and I am proud to be an Englishman for the same reason I'm proud to be a member of my family and of having roots in the particular region that I do (oh yea and the vast majority of English people were living in squalor and conditions of near slavery at the height of Britain's imperial glory, at one point half of all British children did not make it to their 5th birthday).