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Originally Posted by Britain RIP
Adrien- I completely agree that noisy, triumphalist patriotism is vulgar and offensive. in Britain we used to have a reserved, assured patriotism that has largely given way to brainless, xenophobic little Englanders who care nothing about the UK or it's heritage.The 60s is to blame for that.
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Britain : we had A LOT of this on this forum, way too much, I would say 90% of the UK posters. That explains the abrupt reaction of Slarti or Feb, both of them great Austrian patriots.
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Originally Posted by Britain RIP
But i don't see any of this in Poland. And what of EuroPatriotism, seen in such abundance on this site? Such people must hate the scenes seen in Germany at WC06...are you suggesting that all the supporters at the tournament deserve to be called as such?
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This is not true. You can be both : a "national patriot" and "EU-patriot". The reference to Germany is therefore not accurate. They are usually both. Your comment makes it obvious that you do not know what it means to be a "Euro-patriot".
The problem with nationalism is the egoistic tendencies. Sometimes,. you need to do things for the "common good". And sorry, but I have to agree with the other posters, Poland is one of these nationalistic countries.