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Too bad that Land of My Fathers is already taken eh?Originally Posted by Daguerreo
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I agree, a very stirring song.Originally Posted by Wynfrith
I always liked I Vow to Thee My Country.
Failing that….Forefather
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Just before facing off against the All Blacks at Twickenham, magic.
I believe that legends and myth are largely made of
“truth”, and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Indeed it might be a basic characteristic of existence that those who would know it completely would perish, in which case the strength of a spirit should be measured according to how much of the “truth” one could still barely endure-or to put it more clearly, to what degree one would require it to be thinned down, shrouded, sweetened, blunted, falsified.
Nietzsche
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
Heraclitus
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It's about the weather. We love talking about the weather.
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I saw a two-minute film on Channel 4 last night where a 'black Briton' was given a platform to berate his 'countrymen' for thinking Jerusalem was a suitable English national anthem.
I plan to go the Kingston Jamaica and say something similar - that Bob Marley is racist for singing songs that exclude the white man - wonder how long I'll last.
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First broadcast: Thursday 14 October 2010, 7.55PM on Channel 4
Should Jerusalem be adopted as the English national anthem? Broadcaster Henry Bonsu would not feel comfortable with Jerusalem as the national anthem: for him, the 'green and pleasant land' of the hymn reminds him of the hostility he has faced when visiting the English countryside.
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No one wants to hear brummies sing, it'll be like an elephant trampling a cow.
Anyway, with what someone said about Englishmen singing the anthem, it reminds me of this I saw:
Aussies: Are extremely patriotic about their beer.
Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.
Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, in either language, when they can be bothered to sing them.
Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.
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