Nationality check

Luke. J wrote: I am German and also a bit proud of its younger history.. from 1950 on.. how they managed to built up a strong economy and peaceful country after two terrible wars and how we managed to show we left this behind

Very nicely put

Like Dean, I consider myself English, not British - this is nothing to do with knuckle dragging nationalism (of which this country has more than its fair share), just recognition that English people are different to Scots, the Welsh and the Irish - no better, no worse, just different.

England's a great country overall; yes, it's overcrowded in places, but you get to places like the Peak District, Cumbria, the Yorkshire Moors, Exmoor and others too numerous to mention & you can still find places with no evidence of humanity.

Our socio-political-cultural base is definitely changing, and in many cases not for the better, but is this so much different than most other countries? You can too easily get into the "grass is greener on the other side" mentality - earlier in this thread, Vibrationbaby ranted about the shortcomings of Canada, whereas the small part of Canada I've visited (Newfoundland) impressed me immensely, with its clean air, sheer space & unbelievably friendly people.

Well I'm from the United States, but I think that patriotism is a rather silly concept. One has no choice to be born somewhere. If I were born somewhere else, I'm sure I would be equally proud of that nation. Do I like living here? I guess so. Am I sincerely proud that I'm from here, not really, but that would be the case no matter which country.

I am Ukranian, Italian, and Spanish

Yea...a melting pot, I AM AMERICA!!!

But yea, born and raised in the USofA it has its share of problems and its share of things to love, just like most other countries.

NaturalScience wrote: LinusW wrote: Ah yes. Sweden, the Glorious Motherland and Home of the Brave. Haven't been in war since 1809 which some find strange. Well, we've got a secret. When someone gives Sweden two alternatives, we choose the third. Sometimes questionable when the decision is made, often cowardly, but it saves our but most of the time. Like during WWII. Apparently one of the nations that pay most tax on our planet. Around 33%. So far, all feels good. Free schooling, healthcare and stuff. Slightly too meddlesome government at times, but we've lived with social democracy since 1898. Or about 80% of the time. I guess. One of the most secularised countries. Yup, and also tops the suicide list. So all isn't top notch. Once home of the Vikings, brutal plunderers of foreign shores, nowadays a cosy little nation full of moderately sized cities, communities and villages. Conditions can be hard during winter. Cold and dark - but the summer is excellent. We've got a lot of untouched wilderness as well. A silent people according to some, personally I don't know. We've been doing stuff our own way for quite some time, with the Swedish Model (not the blonde, female ones - even though they appear to be frequent abroad ). We've got moose. And enjoy drinking a lot. Beer and vodka in the past, nowadays more and more of the fancier stuff. We've got a royal family without power and in which we place no interest. We keep them as a tourist attraction and pay them well for it. Being non-Swedish in personality is considered good. We have no national pride, since that's ugly, and yet we value Swedish products higher than everything else. IKEA anyone? ABBA. Almost forgot them. Any further questions? Just post them then. Great hockey nation too, don't forget that.

Damn! How could I forget it...even I watch a lot of hockey. Elitserien - most interesting league in the world 

Ah yes. Sweden, the Glorious Motherland and Home of the Brave. Haven't been in war since 1809 which some find strange. Well, we've got a secret. When someone gives Sweden two alternatives, we choose the third. Sometimes questionable when the decision is made, often cowardly, but it saves our but most of the time. Like during WWII.

Apparently one of the nations that pay most tax on our planet. Around 33%. So far, all feels good. Free schooling, healthcare and stuff. Slightly too meddlesome government at times, but we've lived with social democracy since 1898. Or about 80% of the time. I guess.

One of the most secularised countries. Yup, and also tops the suicide list. So all isn't top notch. Once home of the Vikings, brutal plunderers of foreign shores, nowadays a cosy little nation full of moderately sized cities, communities and villages. Conditions can be hard during winter. Cold and dark - but the summer is excellent. We've got a lot of untouched wilderness as well.

A silent people according to some, personally I don't know. We've been doing stuff our own way for quite some time, with the Swedish Model (not the blonde, female ones - even though they appear to be frequent abroad ).

We've got moose. And enjoy drinking a lot. Beer and vodka in the past, nowadays more and more of the fancier stuff.

We've got a royal family without power and in which we place no interest. We keep them as a tourist attraction and pay them well for it.

Being non-Swedish in personality is considered good. We have no national pride, since that's ugly, and yet we value Swedish products higher than everything else. IKEA anyone?

ABBA. Almost forgot them.

Any further questions? Just post them then.

Pnoom! wrote: United States of America.  Proud of it for a lot of reasons, disgusted with it for a lot as well.  Overall, I'm happy enough to stick with it.

I know I already posted, but this sums my feelings up pretty well.  We have a hell of a lot of problems, but I'd still rather live here.

Edited by Dean - August 21 2008 at 20:23

Californian by birth. My ancestry is German,Irish,American Indian. I wish America was a better place to live these days.

Indiana, USA.

It's nice, I guess. It's awhile to a big city so you have peace and boredom. Government's f**ked, but most individuals are good. Drinking age is 21, but no one cares. Anyway, it's the people you're with rather than the place you're in that's important.

Visitor13 wrote: kibble_alex wrote: Here's a chance to tell us where you are from and how proud you are to be of that nation. Please, be as patriotic as you like! But of course, without being racist obviously. I'm from England myself. I love the country and it don't feel right anywhere else, but i have one "complaint". What the hell happened to us??? We used to be one of, if not THE, most powerful country in the world. Now we are reduced to a little island of chavs, unraged OAPs and a very unstable government! Oh, and Gordon Brown, he doesn't help either. So what happened? Did we suddenly get too nice? It is also worth saying that i'm of Polish origin, and very proud of it as well! Although we've had our fair share of beatings in the past 200 years, we've stuck out and remained a respectable nation. And we have Riverside Your turn The beatings continue, self-administered Food's good here, so is the weather (though it's getting more and more erratic lately, like about anywhere), and the girls are cute. On the other hand there's lots of hopelessly dumb and/or arrogant people here (many of whom are in positions of power and responsibility), bureaucracy and corruption is rampant (though things are improving slowly), loads of areas are still very poor, we have no football team, and the chief religious propaganda radio has equipment strong enough to disrupt the German Air Force communication channels (I'm not kidding here - it's really powerful, I guess it goes into deep space and scares off the aliens).

Ahhhh... Polish women Lovely, not dissimilar to Swedish girls actually. Might wanna check your wallet after a date with one though...