05-22-08, 11:20 PM
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Ace of the Deep 
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Originally Posted by Cohaagen
A pretty pathetic attempt at baiting on the level, and exactly in the style, of a Youtube comment. Scotland and England were initially united by James VI, a Scottish monarch. Even then, your comment doesn't make much sense. Still, it's a bit much to expect that level of historical literacy from the land of "we saved your ass in double-ya-double-ya-two", etc.
You'll get no rise out of me by insulting Scotland - the place is a dump. Cretins and hubris-filled balloons to a man with the oil running out fast. I'm British, mate. Blinkered patriotism may be an after-school sport in the US, but it doesn't do well over here.
I always think people'd understand America much better if they all spoke Spanish - you know, the crass, overt, overdone patriotism; the ubiquitous flag-waving, the failed, faded egalitarian ideals; the crude militarism and frothy-mouthed reactionary sentiment. I suppose it's Britain's vanity in assuming that an inherited language belies a shared history. With Spanish as the official language, we'd be much quicker to associate La Republica Estados Unidos with the rest of the overgrown banana republics with a concocted social mythology.
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