Quote: David Chapman @ August 13 2008, 7:56 PM BSTWhy is it everyone else is allowed to be patriotic but us English? Is it because everyone else has an inferiority complex?
You're not allowed to be patriotic?? I was at the Proms in the Park and found it very patriotic. I liked the tongue-in-cheek singing of Rule Britannia. You'd be frowned upon in Germany if you sang a song like that (tongue-in-cheek is not a German strength, to be fair, so maybe it's for the better).
But generally the English appear very patriotic from an outside perspective (not necessarily in a bad way). The French are a bit annoyingly patriotic with their refusing to speak any language but their own.
You must admit, though, that it is a delicate subject. The worst thing surely is to fight about the label without clarifying its meaning. That's what Germans do. In an uncharacteristically passionate manner.
(Disclaimer: I mean the publicly acceptable mainstream opinion and the transported image when I say the Germans, the French, the English).
