11 Mar 08
Originally posted by yo its meYes, I mean obviously living here has influenced me in many ways, but not in terms of feeling like I'm a member of a national group.
That's crazy! It must have. Perhaps so subtle is it's influnce that you haven't even realised it?
Edit..I see what you're saying. Not that it hasn't influenced you but that you don't 'feel' English (whatever that is) right? Well then you must be feeling pretty free of any cultral identity?
11 Mar 08
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Originally posted by yo its meHe didn't say it hadn't influenced, just that the influence it did have was too small to be singled out as a dominant factor.
That's crazy! It must have. Perhaps so subtle is it's influnce that you haven't even realised it?
Edit..I see what you're saying. Not that it hasn't influenced you but that you don't 'feel' English (whatever that is) right? Well then you must be feeling pretty free of any cultral identity?
EDIT: Noticed your edit after this post. 🙂
11 Mar 08
Originally posted by StarrmanWell maybe that is this nations identity? We are free from flag alegencies, the nation don't even know the words to 'old lang sign' every religion is welcome here and every view is listened to.
Yes, I mean obviously living here has influenced me in many ways, but not in terms of feeling like I'm a member of a national group.
Perhaps we are the nation with no national identity?- the exception that proves the rule.
11 Mar 08
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The post that was quoted here has been removedHaha!! My point exactually!
They all sing it in the pub at new years that's all I know- we don't have a song that English do we? i expect we do. God save the Queen?!!
I found it on UTube (now that I have the right spelling! Ha!)
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=eG3afAIi6IQ
Originally posted by NordlysWhy do people confuse patriotism with love for one's country? It's not the same.
I am curious, why do you ask? Do you think it would have changed his perspective? I have been living in Norway for more than eight years now, and I am still as anti-patriotic as ever and still don't think that being German defines me.
I learned to really love my country after I left it. Maybe CFT had a similar experience.
11 Mar 08
The first step is to make people aware you're upset. If that sort of protesting doesn't work (in this case to get the Canadian government to be less friendly with China, maybe), you exert pressure. Civil disobedience. Blocking passageways; letters to representatives; there are a lot of things you can do.
But you should let the country know that you're upset first!
11 Mar 08
The post that was quoted here has been removedThe language? The kind of songs, literature etc. they grew up with (but on the other hand, I don't know most of the music my German peers grew up with, so that doesn't really help)? I really don't know.
Here in Norway, I have been part of some conversations where people started to make references I didn't understand that most people that were part of the conversation did understand. It would be easy to say that this was because I am German. But then what about the younger colleague who didn't understand it because she was too young, or the colleague who had grown up in Oslo who didn't understand it because it was a Northern Norwegian thing? Also, would it make me patriotic if I'd feel that being German is a major part of being me?