mick2me 3,033 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 “The Huns are back, and they speak English with a variety of invariably common accents" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 That's a fair description of the Brits, but the next time Germany or anyone else invades Belgium, then they're on their own. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Yes, there's a lot of truth in the article, although no one I know behaves like that - or do they when they leave these shores? I go to Scotland and keep my head down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Depends on where you go I have seen no bad behaviour by English people when I've been abroad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Me neither, I don't frequent places with bad reputations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Does anyone watch the TV? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Not watched the TV for twelve years mick ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 If you're implying that the bother in Marseille was purely the English fans, then you're incorrect as video footage shows extreme provocation and that the Russians were to blame by purely targeting Brits! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Maybe so, this has yet to be established. Our reputation proceeds us. I am sometimes ashamed to be British. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 If you'd seen the footage of the old dock area, our fans were provoked an attacked by Russian and French thugs. At the England v Russia game, our innocent fans were charged by the Russians. It was plainly obvious who the culprits were. I am thoroughly sick to the back teeth of people with a holier than thou attitude constantly blaming our fans. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 The article is total drivel and I wonder why it was posted? I have lived in France almost half time for the past 12 years and worked in mainland Europe extensively. I can assure you that we are well respected, especially by the Germans. Football hooligans and tasteless holiday makers do not represent the true nature or stature of a Nation. Unlike Mick I am always proud to be British. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 It was posted for discussion. Its doing the rounds on social media. I personally avoid holiday locations where drunken Brits (or any race) frequent. And yes we have a reputation for it, of which we are sometimes reminded. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Depends on where you go I have seen no bad behaviour by English people when I've been abroad. Mind you if you went about ten miles down the road to the next resort the place was notorious for the 18 - 24 brigade. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Re # 9 it HAS been established that our fans were provoked. The BBC just tried to twist the facts ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Btw, I'm NEVER ashamed to be British. Let's get things in perspective! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 I have never been ashamed to be British. The mainstream media seem to like to twist and distort events for sensationalistic reasons so I stay away from it. Every nation on earth has its share of idiots, but I have always found acceptance wherever I have gone. Brits seem to be well liked here in the USA. My wife was told (jokingly). You only married him for his accent. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,084 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 There are times when I'm ashamed to be ENGLISH, such as when they refuse to eat "foreign muck", or when they complain that foreigners don't speak English, or much of the xenophobia we are seeing at the moment, but I've never been ashamed to be British. A couple of years ago, I took my elderly father-in-law to a Polish shop in Sneinton. As he was disabled, I parked in a marked disabled bay which was outside an adjacent house. When I was taking the shopping back to the car, I was accosted by the resident of the house and told in no uncertain terms to "f*** off back where I came from", and that it was their personal disabled bay I had parked in. (There were no signs anywhere to suggest this).i Not wishing to provoke the very overweight couple into a cardiac arrest, I politely replied "Alright miduck, I'll f*** off back to Arnold as soon as I've finished loading." 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Would like to report there's no bad behaviour from 60 of Nottingham's finest over here in Magaluf/Palma 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 We keep being "told " that the Europeans "hate " us, but I bet NOT ONE of them dislikes the billions we spend abroad. I think it's all supposition! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 I'm English and proud of it! I've got more than 30 years worth of family research to prove it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,084 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 #19 Who says that Europeans hate us? I've certainly not seen anything like that in my life, nor has my daughter - who's got very good friends from many countries. She's in Spain this week, then Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, next week, then Germany in a few weeks time. All of it meeting up with the mates she made while on an EU-sponsored student exchange in Canada. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 I've only ever been to the US & when the locals knew I was a "Brit" I could not have been treated any better if I had been royalty. However in Nottm this morning I was ashamed to be a "Brit" when a thug about twenty years old threw his rucksack on the ground after a muslim lady accidentaly caught his arm with her bag. The lady was old enough to be his mum ! & he was threatening her aggressively, very brave indeed. He was most fortunate that I didn't let Mrs Catfan loose on to him, 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Or Monty ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 There's idiots in every nation, religion, family, city, town, village and even historical forums Catfan. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 When I'm abroad and people ask where I'm from I say " Venus " 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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