On Oct 30, 5:44 pm, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Jean O'Boyle wrote:
> > "PeterL" wrote in message
> >news:1193763025.206885.210300@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> > > First of all, to them it's the greatest country in the world. It has
> > > nothing to do with statistics or "hard evidence". It has to do with
> > > personal feelings.
>
> > You are entirely right...You should be proud and loyal to your country
> > wherever you choose to live. If you are so dissatisfied with it, then move
> > instead of bashing it.
>
> What an insanely stupid comment. While I'm personally suspicious of
> people who have copious amounts of pride in their respective countries,
> I think it's perfectly possible to criticise the country you live in
> while still loving (or otherwise being loyal to) it.
Insanely stupid? A little over the top, no?
>
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> "He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably
> is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"
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