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From: Robert Henderson on 9 Jun 2010 05:25
In message <Yc-dnY5VOcg015LRnZ2dnUVZ8uadnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, Farmer
Giles <Giles(a)nospam.com> writes
>>
>> That's odd because during the last World Cup I recall lots of Scots (Andy
>> Murray, for example) getting vile abuse from the English for not showing
>> patriotism to England.
>
>As usual, your prejudices are playing tricks with your memory.
>
>No-one would expect Andy Murray to be patriotic to England - simply
>because he isn't English. He was criticised for his comments about
>England, but that is a different matter.


Exactly. But remember that several years is long time for a fantasy
Celt to remember, FG. RH

>And the only 'Vile abuse' that is regularly dished out is against
>England on that Little Scotlander ng


Wee pretendy fantasy Celt ng shurely? (ed). RH

>that you and you little gang of mates permanently infest.

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Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk
From: My two cents on 9 Jun 2010 06:31
On 9 June, 06:44, Robert Henderson <phi...(a)anywhere.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

> Finally, around five minutes from the end an articulate white
> workingclass man got on the programme and asked why it was that the
> programme existed because no one but the English were ever asked to
> justify their patriotism.

A valid question and there is no reason why the English need to
justify their patriotism. However the issue being discussed was "do
you *have* to support England if you're English" The answer to that is
obviously no. I could ask why the programme exists because there is no
reason why anyone should feel the need to justify not giving a flying
f*** what happens to England in sporting events.



From: Farmer Giles on 9 Jun 2010 08:26

"Robert Henderson" <philip(a)anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:YvXHF9Qu31DMFwjU(a)anywhere.demon.co.uk...
> In message <Yc-dnY5VOcg015LRnZ2dnUVZ8uadnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, Farmer Giles
> <Giles(a)nospam.com> writes
>>>
>>> That's odd because during the last World Cup I recall lots of Scots
>>> (Andy
>>> Murray, for example) getting vile abuse from the English for not showing
>>> patriotism to England.
>>
>>As usual, your prejudices are playing tricks with your memory.
>>
>>No-one would expect Andy Murray to be patriotic to England - simply
>>because he isn't English. He was criticised for his comments about
>>England, but that is a different matter.
>
>
> Exactly. But remember that several years is long time for a fantasy Celt
> to remember, FG. RH
>

They do appear to have very short memories, Robert - and very selective
ones!


From: Robert Henderson on 9 Jun 2010 08:46
In message <cYudnRf44rP2FZLRnZ2dnUVZ7r6dnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, Farmer
Giles <Giles(a)nospam.com> writes
>>
>>
>> Exactly. But remember that several years is long time for a fantasy Celt
>> to remember, FG. RH
>>
>
>They do appear to have very short memories, Robert - and very selective
>ones!


I suppose as they need to spend their entire lives in a fantasy , ie,
pretending they are Scotch, they automatically filter out anything which
clashes with the fantasy. RH
--
Robert Henderson
Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk
From: abelard on 9 Jun 2010 09:43
On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:46:40 +0100, Robert Henderson
<philip(a)anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <cYudnRf44rP2FZLRnZ2dnUVZ7r6dnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, Farmer
>Giles <Giles(a)nospam.com> writes
>>>
>>>
>>> Exactly. But remember that several years is long time for a fantasy Celt
>>> to remember, FG. RH

>>They do appear to have very short memories, Robert - and very selective
>>ones!

>I suppose as they need to spend their entire lives in a fantasy , ie,
>pretending they are Scotch, they automatically filter out anything which
>clashes with the fantasy. RH

which is the more fantasy...scotch or archers or footer

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