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  1. #41
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    Well I'm pretty vacant. And I don't care.

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    I would also draw people's attention again to Macca's post 32, as he hits the nail right on the head, and that is precisely why 'controversial topics' will always be allowed to be discussed here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    I think you'll find that Grant's views and mine are largely similar!

    Lawrence, may I ask if you're Scottish or English? I know you live in Edinburgh, but that doesn't answer my question.

    Marco.
    I'm British, both in my heart and on my passport. I was born in NW England.

    If anyone asks me my nationality I would say British and always have, partly out of respect for what Britain achieved as a Union largely through the talent (and blood) of the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by losenotaminute View Post
    I'm British, both in my heart and on my passport. I was born in NW England.

    If anyone asks me my nationality I would say British and always have, partly out of respect for what Britain achieved as a Union largely through the talent (and blood) of the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish.
    Having a Scottish father and a mother of mixed English/Irish parentage, I can't really describe myself as anything other than British. I'd guess a large percentage of the population of the British Isles feel the same way, given the huge amount of migration between the separate nations over the past couple of centuries.

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    My ancestry is English, Irish, Scots, Danish, Spanish and French (thankfully avoiding the Welsh) . Maybe Great Europe is a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe View Post
    Having a Scottish father and a mother of mixed English/Irish parentage, I can't really describe myself as anything other than British. I'd guess a large percentage of the population of the British Isles feel the same way, given the huge amount of migration between the separate nations over the past couple of centuries.
    My grandfather on my father's side taught himself German when he was young, after he was kicked out of school for being a lost cause. His army duties included translating in WW2, in Belsen cleaning up the mess that extreme nationalism caused.

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    Quote Originally Posted by losenotaminute View Post
    My grandfather on my father's side taught himself German when he was young, after he was kicked out of school for being a lost cause. His army duties included translating in WW2, in Belsen cleaning up the mess that extreme nationalism caused.
    Indeed. Nationalism was the root cause of both WWI and WWII.

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    Quote Originally Posted by losenotaminute View Post
    I'm British, both in my heart and on my passport. I was born in NW England.

    If anyone asks me my nationality I would say British and always have, partly out of respect for what Britain achieved as a Union largely through the talent (and blood) of the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish.
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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe View Post
    Indeed. Nationalism was the root cause of both WWI and WWII.
    Contentious! have you swapped that Eng Lit MA for one in Modern History?

    I'd agree that nationalism was a factor, a 'root cause' is pushing it a bit, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Contentious! have you swapped that Eng Lit MA for one in Modern History?

    I'd agree that nationalism was a factor, a 'root cause' is pushing it a bit, though.
    Over-stated, perhaps (in a sense most wars are between nations and are thus 'nationalistic') but the 'cause' of WWI was the conflict between Austrian imperialism and Serbian nationalism, with other nations/empires being drawn into the conflict because of treaty obligations.

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