Erm, I think I'll go on a different tack here.
what in the name of sweet shuddering fuck makes it "your" country? Is your name on the deeds of the Land Registry?

Or is it because you were born here? does that convey ownership? So if you happened to have been born in Germany (say) while your parents were over there for 6 months, but grew up here, does that mean all bets are off?

Or do you think it's yours because your parents were born here? or their parents? What's the dividing point? Do I get to only complain about 3/4 of the immigrants because one of my grandparents wasn't British?

I realise I'm completely wasting my fucking time, because you are a lost cause, as illustrated with the "let the world and his wife come here" comment. If you truly cannot see how utterly fucking bigoted you are because you are referring to other human beings as a defined group by nationality first, as if you can define like that. "all forrins are spongers" basically. Do you reckon that's somehow less repellant than "all muslims are bombers?" or "all blacks are criminals" .. ? I'd love to know how you draw your distinctions.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 10:12, Reply)