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Lord Percy
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PostPosted: 11:11 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Endless guilt.

I actually have a theory about this. Any country or region that has been under occupation or invasion, or was generally the losing side in a conflict, tends to have a stronger sense of identity and pride in their culture, specially when it comes to comparing said culture with that of 'the enemy'.

Scotland and Ireland are overly proud of themselves and their jovial hatred of the English. Over here in Yorkshire our annoying "Yorkshire first, English second" pride, with a specific focus on being from the better side of the Pennines, can only come from the fact that we fought the war of the roses and lost. Then there's English people who love to hate the French, which is surely a knock-on from our Norman conquest 1000 years ago.

So the reason St George's Day is generally not known about is because English people in recent history have had no reason to defiantly sing about their country's greatness, because it was known far and wide already. Unlike the Irish and Scottish who will have once taken every chance they could get to come together and promote their identity.

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Anyway, happy St George's Day Dance!

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(We probably don't observe St George's Day quite so much because it's not cool to be proud of the crusades but sod it, today's the one day we should be able to say that our ancestors didn't do half bad, even if they did wreak a bit of havoc on the way)

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PostPosted: 11:18 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Re: Happy St George's Day Reply with quote
mpd72 wrote:
No doubt the pubs will be full of Scottish and Irish revellers dressed in silly hats drinking English Ale.

Oh no, actually we've been taught not to celebrate being English, only St Paddy's Day and Burns night are allowed in England...

I didn't even know it was today until I say the daily Google logo. What is it with the English which makes us so ashamed of our countries identity?


bnp72 staying true to form.

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PostPosted: 11:40 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
If today was that important to you, then you wouldn't need the media to tell you when it is St. George's Day.
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PostPosted: 11:47 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Surely we should have an English patron saint?
St Alban is the man.
If we have a day off to celebrate him it will be on June 22.Nice long day and it should be warmer.
St George , on your bike.
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PostPosted: 12:04 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
mpd72 wrote:
Did you know before today?

Yes.
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PostPosted: 12:06 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
kippyzona wrote:
Surely we should have an English patron saint?
St Alban is the man.

Saint Frank.

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PostPosted: 12:11 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's the same date every year....

I don't get why you are bitching about a "special" day that obviously doesn't mean that much to you.
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PostPosted: 12:19 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
mpd72 wrote:
I see Comrade Corbyn is trying to win votes by promising 4 extra bank holidays for the 4 national saints days across the UK.

He must have missed that St Andrews Day is already a bank holiday in Scotland and St Patricks Day is a Bank holiday in N.Ireland.

Why not just make St George's Day a bank holiday in England only then?


I'm quite liking this idea, which is to make the whole country have public holidays on these days rather than them just being local holidays for each specific country.

It would bring UK public holiday numbers in line with most other developed countries, and would also raise awareness or create some kind of 'unity' between our 4 seemingly divided nations.
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PostPosted: 12:25 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is this a thread about you showing your national pride?

So much pride that you didn't even know what the date is...

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PostPosted: 12:36 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lord Percy wrote:
create some kind of 'unity' between our 4 seemingly divided nations.

I'm sure the Unions will be delighted at having another 4 days of indolence paid for by squeezing the productive even harder.

Or do you imagine that we'd all magically get it retconned into our contracts?
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PostPosted: 13:47 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
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No, it's a thread about how liberal views and multiculturalism has watered down the national identity of England


Oh please, the only reason people 'celebrate' St. Paddy's day is that it's a widely-encouraged excuse to get maggoted. Today it's centred around pisshead stereotyping more than cultural identity. They may as well call it Buy Guinness Day.

I've never seen people out for St. Andrew's day, but then again I live south of the Humber.
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PostPosted: 14:12 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ben90 wrote:
I've never seen people out for St. Andrew's day, but then again I live south of the Humber.

It's a non-event. It's only been a public-sector ("bank") holiday since 2007. I can't even say I've noticed the traffic being any lighter.
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mpd72 wrote:
Why don't we celebrate St George's Day as a widely encouraged excuse to get maggoted?

Why don't you? Heroes lead from the front.
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PostPosted: 16:51 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lord Percy wrote:
Scotland and Ireland are overly proud of themselves


Don't forget the Welsh, they never fucking shut up about it either. Blaming people who are alive now for oppression that took place before any of us were born, fuck off.

And I'm supposed to support Andy Murray because he's British, bollocks, he said it himself, he's Scottish not British. I'm supposed to support Wales, Scotland or Ireland when they're not playing England, that can fuck off too. I'll support anyone else Vs them. Middle Finger Middle Finger
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well I was aware of the date, it's always three days before my birthday. My news feed has no mention of anything to do
with St Georges day except this which kind of sums up the original point.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/795110/Emily-Thornberry-St-George-s-Day-Labour

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PostPosted: 21:14 - 23 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Plenty pubs round here advertising it, flags flying etc.

Perhaps if bnp72 left the house a bit more he'd see these things?
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