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Originally Posted by Rockstar
Thats my narrowminded intolerant view and I'm sticking to it.
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Interesting outsider's perspective on some of British culture. However, there are just a few of points it might be worth raising:
Anyone living in this country as a citizen is automatically a subject of Her Majesty. I believe new immigrants have to take an oath these days anyway.
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Brits talk funny and depending upon the region it's nothing more than unintelligble gibberish especially when they're pissed
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Brits these days move around a lot. One of my best friends have a strong Wigan accent, another is a Scouser. Both live in the same town now. So, what can be said about them? Well, they do "talk funny" depending on the region they're from. Arguably then, so do any imigrants. They merely talk with the accent they were born to, same as any other brit.
And find me one person who doesn't talk unintelligble gibberish when they're pissed.
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drive on the wrong side of the road
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Again, find me an immigrant who goes around Britain driving on the right hand side. That is a new one on me! (Incidently, driving on the left is statistically safer as for right handed people it means your strong hand is the one that doesn't leave the wheel... so perhaps it's not the wrong side).
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enjoy a higher cost of living than here in the colonies
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Any immigrant living here enjoys the same cost of living as anyone else in the country.
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they can drink you under the table
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Not all of them. One of the most classically "British" men I know is teetotal.
Only football fans. And not even most of them. Are you criticising imigrants for
not being violent enough now?!
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have a diet of some the most aweful tasting food ever known to mankind.
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The nation's favourite dish is actually statistically either chinese or curry...
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Some jerk born in the UK living in such a way that would make mohammed proud is not a Brit.
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Not even if, whilst obeying the Koran, he respects the Queen, uses the accent of the area he was born in, drives on the left, pays the higher cost of living, is teetotal, eats the national dishes, (actually thinking about this, my local chippy is run by immigrants...) and is proud to believe his is a Brit?
I'm afraid your argument isn't holding water.