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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ed" data-source="post: 769810" data-attributes="member: 548">Oscar Wilde said Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious. There's another quote I forget who it's by. something like "Never trust a man who calls a country 'his'."I've lived for a bit in the US, and a long time in Japan and most of the time in the UK. I have to say I'm proud of all of them, each of them have characteristics I admire, respect and aspire to. The national anthem of all of them at a special occasion or sports event has moved me, put a lump in the throat. But each of them have aspects that make me sad or angry.I'm not against celebrating Britishness at all, but the two quotes I began with are a warning against the darkside of being too proud of where you are from.I really think as a species we should be thinking beyond nationality, race, religion or cultures. I like the Socratic idea of being a citizen of the universe. With a British passport. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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