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Pendragon2008 · 15-03-2008, 08:39 PM

I am an Englishman, with a deep love for my country, its history and its proud heritage.

Growing up, my father taught me about respect, responsibility and the value of hard work. My mother taught me compassion, tolerance and consideration for others. My grandfather fought in the Second World War as part of the Corps of Royal Engineers. He taught me about duty to my country, innovation, adaptability and ingenuity, about art and design, about business and industry. My grandmother taught me wisdom and knowledge, and gave me a great love of literature. All of them combined taught me about love and family. Those are the great qualities of England in my opinion, that will always trump the shallow politically correct amalgamation called Britishness. Even that term tells you who is it really good for: politically correct, right for politicians, and not for the people.

I am not by any means a racist, and view equal opportunity as a positive force in our society as long as it is not biased, or spun into creating voting issues. Tolerance and equality are radically different from and much more positive and unifying that diversity can ever be; and nationalism is not the same thing as racism. National pride should be cherished in the same way that racism should be condemned; knowing our nation's history, great figures and folklore gives us our sense of national identity, not a politician's marketing campaigns.

I do not believe for one moment that any of the people of Great Britain have lost their greatness, or that Britain has lost its capacity to be the one of the foremost nations in the world to value liberty, peace, prosperity, tolerance and democracy. After all, democracy means “voice of the people”, and this is what I hope will soon re-awaken in Britain.

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Pendragon2008 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South-East, United Kingdom Posts: 18	About Me I am an Englishman, with a deep love for my country, its history and its proud heritage. Growing up, my father taught me about respect, responsibility and the value of hard work. My mother taught me compassion, tolerance and consideration for others. My grandfather fought in the Second World War as part of the Corps of Royal Engineers. He taught me about duty to my country, innovation, adaptability and ingenuity, about art and design, about business and industry. My grandmother taught me wisdom and knowledge, and gave me a great love of literature. All of them combined taught me about love and family. Those are the great qualities of England in my opinion, that will always trump the shallow politically correct amalgamation called Britishness. Even that term tells you who is it really good for: politically correct, right for politicians, and not for the people. I am not by any means a racist, and view equal opportunity as a positive force in our society as long as it is not biased, or spun into creating voting issues. Tolerance and equality are radically different from and much more positive and unifying that diversity can ever be; and nationalism is not the same thing as racism. National pride should be cherished in the same way that racism should be condemned; knowing our nation's history, great figures and folklore gives us our sense of national identity, not a politician's marketing campaigns. I do not believe for one moment that any of the people of Great Britain have lost their greatness, or that Britain has lost its capacity to be the one of the foremost nations in the world to value liberty, peace, prosperity, tolerance and democracy. After all, democracy means “voice of the people”, and this is what I hope will soon re-awaken in Britain.