JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:
Yara wrote:
Brazilian patriotism began when the Emperor back in the 19th Century started to mobilize the population around the war against Paraguay - the hatred for Paraguay kept Brazilians together despite all differences. v
-fatty- wrote:
We are probably the only country in the world that measures it's patriotism, not by how much we love our own country, but by how much we hate the English.
fatty.
Hi, Fatty!
How are you?
Hehehe.
No, not really. You remembered me of the famous remark by Ernest Renan: "A nation is a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbours".
Not very easy to debunk it. :op
Brazilian patriotism, for instance, emerged when the Emperor back in the 19th Century started to mobilize the population around the war against Paraguay - the hatred for Paraguay kept Brazilians together despite all differences.
I think many nations define themselves according to how much hatred they have for the English. They were an Empire, after all. Hehe. :-)))
I love the Scots. I love the English. I love the British. I know you guys won't like it, but I love the French too. :-)
Take care, fatty, always a delight to read you. I hope you're doing fine and that you have a nice week.
Yara
there's one thing that unites this sacred isle,this jewel on the horizon called the UK and thats our unilateral hatred for the onion wearing,garlic reeking,snail eating,horse killing,fishing port blocking,beret wearing,hairy armpited,gun dropping,arm waving,upper lip smirking, greasy skinned surrender monkeys across the ENGLISH Channel
I don't mind the French. They're funny. And Victor Hugo was French. And I like him. And I quite fancy eating a horse.