[iup=3568827]KB[/iup] wrote:[iup=3568812]ianf[/iup] wrote:[iup=3568780]Zellery[/iup] wrote:Luke's taking things a little too far now.
Did his post get deleted?
[iup=3568794]KB[/iup] wrote:Is it really that hard to believe some people are anti-british/feel strongly about not being recognised as a 'brit'? I don't think it is.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't be challenged though. 'Anti-Britishness' (read: anti-English) can often thinly disguise misguided racism.
His post is a few pages back, it's really not that bad. Zellery was pretending it was Luke that was burning the butchers apron, hence the joke.
I agree it shouldn't be sneered at but I do think English folk in here don't fully understand the feeling of anti-britishness among some Scots.
You are right many don't understand. Could you explain why some scots are anti British?
The impression I get is that they don't like the English and the see British as basically being English so they don't like it. But why is that? Why don't they like the English. I have no hard feelings to people of any race and I am baffled when people come out with (generic comment) hate towards millions of people based on a war hundreds of years ago, or a comment by a politician or a sports star.
Many scots seem to see the British government as being an English government. Why I have no idea. Obviously the majority of a cabinet will tend to be from England was that's where the majority of the population is but that's just the way it is. I live in northampton, how often do I see anyone with any real power from around where I live? Rarely, I feel no connection to those in power.
If Scotland got independence in 50 years time many people in Glasgow would be hating those awful stuck up snobs from Edinburgh who run their country.