Why I Love/Hate BritainThis week's been all about the Daily Mail and why people love or hate their country. Tell us one thing you hate about Britain, and one thing about why you love it.
This shouldn't be an excuse for RACISTLOLS, or long lists of things you dislike. Be intelligent, be funny, and be interesting
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 13:55)
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"Too arrogant to believe that the rules apply to us"?Really? I've always been dismayed by us Brits' fawning acceptance of rules handed down from The Great And The Good (who, of course, turned out long ago to be neither).
Vis: we bleat on about Faceless Bureaucrats in Brussels, but fail to notice that the rest of Europe gets by by simply ignoring the rules that they produce. Or, by bringing their country to a stand-still with mass protests and national strikes.
Personally, I have no problem with the rules coming from Brussels. Brussels, UN, London, Brighton Town Hall: what's the difference? We should care less where they came from, and more whether they are contributing to our lives or not. We're far too passive, as a nation.
The Poll Tax riots and the more recent Countryside Alliance marches would have been considered to be a sleepy Sunday afternoon, in Paris or Athens.
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