Any Australians about?

So, old age, then.

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Are you sure? Can you remember that far back?

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*cough*

 

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There's a handy sink to piss in, for a start.

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That's more like it ;-)

 

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"Bomb the ragheads!"[1] - General Sir Michael Jackson








[1] These may not have been his _exact_ words.

 

Ben wrote

Only the enemy in front, every other bugger behind.
- unofficial motto of the British Infantry Reconnaissance Corps, W.W.II

 

Whilst it's obviously very clever to quote someone, can you explain the
context of the quotation, what you think Johnson meant by it and what it
means to _you_?

 

No - the context is not recorded

Apparently, Johnson meant "false patriotism" - tho I don't really know
what *that* means

To me it means that if you can label some action/person as
[un]patriotic, or say, some person as unpatriotic, then a reasonable
discussion about is is no longer possible - the self-fulfilling
satement "patriotism = good" colours the argument so much in most
peoples minds. Hence those in power like to associate patriotism with
their actions to quell dissent.

 

"A posteriori" is the key, innit. After the war had been lost and won, the
dissolution was retrospectively declared to have been undemocratic, thus
demonising Vichy. I'm not joining in the Frog-bashing, by the way. It
would have been no disgrace for France to admit that it was crushed by
sudden, brutal and overwhelming odds, and the government of the day had
pragmatically to accede to the inevitable rather than countenance
unnecessary slaughter.

 

Only the French could have "surrender contingencies" in their
Constitution.

 

Hence the smiley, M. Touchy.

 

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:15:43 +0000, Champ wrote:

OK. But that's not a fault of _patriotism_. It's just a tactic some
people use to avoid a real argument.

What do you think patriotism is?

 

Bastards

 

A bit like declaring in cricket

ha ha

 

To be honest, I have no idea. Some sort of identification with "this"
group of people over "that" group of people. But it's obvious that
the whole thing elludes me - why should I identify more with the chap
from Blackburn than the one from Nantes, Barcelona or Woolongong?

 

The time will come.

O, the merry crack of willow on leather, the joyous snick throuigh the
covers - this will all become familiar to you ;-)

 

Never tried that? You might like it ...

I thought you might.

Ooh, an ex-Jock smiley an' all. I'm right made up now, me.