Happy St. George's Day...

[Gromit]

Doesn't it make you proud to be English...



or Hungarian, or Germany, or Spainish (Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia), or Portugese, Cypriot, Greek, Georgina, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian and Herzegovinan, or Macedonian (the Republic of ), or Albanian or Kosovian.

Happy St. George's day to the cities of Moscow in Russia, Genova in Italy, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Beirut in Lebanon, Qormi and Victoria in Malta and all the others.

[B00]

Don't fully understand your question Groms?

But yes, despite it's many failings as a country, of which we've plenty! I AM proud to be English.

[jno]

apparently he was born in Palestine (Palestinian mother and Turkish father) so there's no way he's going to be allowed into a country that is already overrun with immigrants and on the verge of having a Muslim majority. Shouldn't we have St Mauricedance as our patron saint?

[jno]

Boo, he's patron saint of all those places and Rio de Janeiro too. Darn globalisation!

[B00]

Oh, is he?

Blimey, he was a busy bunny huh?

[olddutch]

Gromit, good research as always

Would you personally celebrate pride in being English - and, if so, in what way ? and would you do away with St George as a focal point for pride in being English and what if anything would you replace him with ?

Happy St. Georges Day too

[I.Don No]

don't matter to me where he was born....this is a day to celebrate being English....flag up in garden fluttering in the spring sunshine....marvellous

[Booldawg]

Happy St Georges day to all. Whilst walking into work I was pleased to see the petrol station staff were busy adorning it with bunting, England flags and wearing red and white wigs!

[Quinlad]

Interesting point from olddutch.

Does pride need a focal point - be it a national day, a patron saint or a flag?

[Booldawg]

I'm not sure why St Georges nationality would detract from people wanting to celebrate their country. St Patrick wasnt born in Ireland and St Andrew wasnt Scottish - its not a problem.

[R1Geezer]

"Don't fully understand your question Groms? "

i do, It's more standard anti English pi55 taking rhetoric from our resident anglophobe

[Quinlad]

Apparently, any jibe or negative comment equates to full-blown opposition.

"I love my little boy but he's annoying when he's grumpy."
"You hate your child! You're a son-o-phobe! You'd betray your own flesh and blood! You're anti-offspring."

[afcjan]

I am also proud to be English, not proud of how my country looks after its own people though...so Happy St Georges Day to u all xxxx

[Zeuhl]

Yes, England and the English are pretty wonderful and i'm very happy to be one of them although with grandparents from Wales, Ireland and Scotland I tend to feel more British than English.

Thing I don't get is, I felt happy to be English yesterday as well and I probably will tomorrow and beyond.

So what is the purpose of St George's Day?

"Happy St George's Day!" Yes. And?

[olddutch]

zeuhl,

"Thing I don't get is, I felt happy to be English yesterday as well and I probably will tomorrow and beyond" - a good way of feeling it.

So what is the purpose of St George's Day? - just a special day to extra celebrate what you value and love- in this case being English - bit like celebrating a birthday of your nearest and dearest maybe

"Happy St George's Day! Yes. And ?" - doesnt need to be an And !

[jno]

"I'm not sure why St Georges nationality would detract from people wanting to celebrate their country."

It might do, Booldawg, if you were a member of the BNP eager to celebrate our Patron Saint but at the same time reviling foreigners.