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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
I think you are broke of from reality, their are people living in this country but have no respect for it or the culture. When the terrorists hit the twin towers I had a guy at work blabbing of saying how cool it was, its people like that who dont deserve to live here. Many of my work mates and some were muslims themselves were disgusted with him and shared my view, on the other end of the scale I grew up near some very peaceful muslims who were very respectful for our culture and always spoke english as first language etc.
Now you think that my comment about british nationality and citizenship been different is wrong but I disagree, I think if you have a long history of british born relatives who were living here through the war and back you will be more attached to this country and its values and as such essentially more british. I know of people who were born here but their parents nationaility down on job applications, they just dont see themselves as british.
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What, pray tell, had the Twin Towers or 9/11 to do with British culture?
What I quoted was your "This makes me more British" statement. A clear indicator of xenophobia when one is talking about their fellow countrymen, and a poor excuse for the thin end of the racist wedge. British people who engage in this type of "them & us" and cite family trees and war history would do well to look at their monarch in a similarly critical / historical fashion. A queen born of German descent and a Greek. How British are they in your opinion / subject to your qualifying criteria?
You can't hide from the fact that Britain is fast becoming / has become a multicultural, progressive society. If you are so stuck in the past and resistant to change then perhaps it's you who needs to think about how you fit in.