Xenophobic Brits

Originally posted by ianpickering
By the way in answer to the original post - We don't need to feel superior to anyone. Because we are such a self confident nation we don't have to go in for the flag waving, 'patriotic' behaviour of others.

Britain is about as far from a self-confident nation as it's possible to get! We're racked by self-doubt, have no real sense of cultural identity and are profoundly uncertain about our place in the world. Yes we don't do the flag-waving nonsense, thank God, but it's more through a sense of embarassment than an overflowing self assurance.

That said, I think self-mocking is no bad thing. There's no country on earth that doesn't have plenty to be embarassed about.

Rich.

Originally posted by richhoey
Britain is about as far from a self-confident nation as it's possible to get! We're racked by self-doubt, have no real sense of cultural identity and are profoundly uncertain about our place in the world. Yes we don't do the flag-waving nonsense, thank God, but it's more through a sense of embarassment than an overflowing self assurance.

That said, ...[text shortened]... d thing. There's no country on earth that doesn't have plenty to be embarassed about.

Rich.

I agree! My point about 'self confidence' was meant to be ironic - but of course only the british would get that!