NationStates Jolt Archive

Are you proud to be a citizen of your country? If so or if not, why?
I for example, am really ashamed to be a german, because most germans are really small, ugly people, who only find satisfaction in hampering other people's life.

Normally a person likes their own country except for those stupid extreme liberals who think they should be ashamed of where they live.

Normally a person likes their own country except for those stupid extreme liberals who think they should be ashamed of where they live.

Very well said.

Yes, i love my country, i can go abroad and have a great time but, nowhere else in the world can you get yorkshire tea :D

I am proud to be a citizen of the United States... we have some great amusement parks and y'all (breaking into Southern slang) is missin' somethin' if you ain't never tried fried (frahd) chicken.

Are you proud to be a citizen of your country? If so or if not, why?
I for example, am really ashamed to be a german, because most germans are really small, ugly people, who only find satisfaction in hampering other people's life.

Germany is ****ing awesome.

It's one of the coolest nations in the world.

I mean, you SPEAK GERMAN.

That's AWESOME.

I am proud to be a citizen of the United States... we have some great amusement parks and y'all (breaking into Southern slang) is missin' somethin' if you ain't never tried fried (frahd) chicken.

I'm sure you don't just get KFC! ;)

I am very proud to be British. Its just great! And what is wrong with Germany? I love Germans

I moved from England when I was six months old so I barely feel any affiliation to it. Makes it difficult for me to understand really patriotic people. I feel closest to Ireland having spent more years of my life there than anywhere else, but to me a strip of land is a strip of land and everywhere is unique in its' own ways. I believe you make places your homes. Makes no difference to me.

I've never really understood patriotism. I'm not ashamed to be British, and I appreciate how lucky I was to be born into relative comfort and relative freedom. But I don't see how it would make much difference if I had happened to be born in France, or Ireland, or Germany, or Massachusetts instead, I don't understand how pride is an applicable concept, and I would like to think I value the interests of all humans and all societies equally.

I'm not proud of my country, too. Why? I live in Germany.
If I feel the urge to be patriotic, I tend to love my hometown Rostock, or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, or Eastgermany. But the whole country? Never.
And all you people wondering whats wrong with us Germans in that point: try to convince people you've said to you're proud to be German that you're no nazi... it's impossible.
It's mostly our history, that it's no longer implemented in society and culture to have something like feelings toward your home. That's a pity, but it's the way it is.

Personally, I dislike many things here, but I'm not sure if I could live somewhere else. It's... well, it's my home.

And, please, tell me what's so awesome about speaking german? (well, yes, you can read Nietzsche and Luhmann and Büchner and Tucholsky and Schiller without being afraid of owning a bad translation... but that's all. German is an awful language (ask Twain about it :) ))

i am proud to be Irish. I feel honor to my Flag and even leader

i am proud to be Irish. I feel honor to my Flag and even leader
Must be ragin' to honour a Brit then :p

[M]ost germans are really small, ugly people, who only find satisfaction in hampering other people's life.
That goes for most people everywhere...not just Germans.

No. I am proud of my accomplishments, not what I was born into, so, no I don't derive much pride from it. Just like I'm proud of being openly gay and not living a lie, but not of being gay, per se. That would be as silly as me being proud of being white or green-eyed.

Proud of my country? Dunno, german's an ugly language, our government(s) love to screw us over and are generally incompetent... there are some beautiful landscapes though

Proud of my country? Dunno, german's an ugly language, our government(s) love to screw us over and are generally incompetent... there are some beautiful landscapes though

German is the coolest language in the world, fact.

Must be ragin' to honour a Brit then :p

Do you mean Mary Mac. their Pres? Well I like her

Do you mean Mary Mac. our Pres? Well I like her but what I meant was our Teoseach Bertie Ahern
Aye, McAleese.

Aye, McAleese.

Thats the one! Born in Belfast and is pres of the republic!

I am not proud to be in a nation full of idiots. Idiots who don't see the rise of a New World Order.

where is that?

I don't see how I can be proud to be an Australian, given that I had no choice in the matter. If I had come to Australia from some war-torn hole and earned my place in Western Society, then I might be.

no, I don't think I would be proud to be from any nation. I'm also not proud of my skin color or even that I am human. I'm not proud of my sexual orientation either. I'm proud of the hardships I have overcome. I am proud of the honest lifestyle that I live my life by. .

Scottish - yes
British - no

The only thing I'm asahmed of is how sometimes people think I live in Japan (and once, Africa).

But then I really just take pity on the person who says that.

But I like being a British citizen and a Hong Kong resident, it's something interesting to talk about. :D

Yeah it's kind of cool to be from a country which consistently punches well above its weight.

I am proud of my country, though perhaps moreso because everywhere is worse, and not because no where else is better.

I am proud to be Chinese, British and Hong Kong at the same time!!

i'm proud to be a citizen of the us, but i would probably be proud to be a citizen of any country. (other than france and mexico, for obvious reasons)

my heritage on the other hand... ashamed... (reference back to mexico) i am semi-proud of my germanish blood.. and i am very proud of my irish (but, im not gonna walk around saying I'M IRISH I'M IRISH... it's stupid to brag about your blood)

I am not proud to be in a nation full of idiots. Idiots who don't see the rise of a New World Order.

Since when did the UN become a country? They're not even capable of running themselves...

Aye, McAleese.


I love when Irish people say "Aye". I wish I could have heard Nadkor's "Aye".

I'm NOT being sarcastic.

I love when Irish people say "Aye". I wish I could have heard Nadkor's "Aye".

I'm NOT being sarcastic.

Aye cap't! Arr mateys, methinks we are in the wrong thread! This thread be for Irish, not we scalliwags! Arrr!

;)

Aye cap't! Arr mateys, methinks we are in the wrong thread! This thread be for Irish, not we scalliwags! Arrr!

;)


I've been asked to leave better places...

German is the coolest language in the world, fact.
For sures on that! Hmmmmm. Maybe Jean Chretien spoke German.

I'm form Canada so it should be obvious about wheather or not I am proud. Molson sells "Canadian" That say "I am Canadian". We can't get over ourselves. I like how on Wikipedia I clicked a link to Canadian Slang. The first four were slang for alcohol and there were several slangs for alcohol.

hell Yea
Canadian Eh :d

"Proud to be an American, where atleast I know I'" *Stab, stab, stab.*

No.

Proud to be an Australian? Yep. Seriously disappointed in my fellow citizens' choice of Prime Minister? Oh, yes.

While I loathe our current government and its shameless encouragement of greed and overconsumption, that's just a transient thing. I hope. Doesn't mean I'm ashamed to live here, just a bit frustrated with the current right-wing regime.

Are you proud to be a citizen of your country? If so or if not, why?
I for example, am really ashamed to be a german, because most germans are really small, ugly people, who only find satisfaction in hampering other people's life.


I like being Irish...but my nationality doesn't define me.

I like living in the United States and wouldn't trade Boston for the world, but I can think of places I'd rather live than here.

i adore my country
i come from the Arab League-EG.
we have a uniquue sense of humore, we stick to each other when we are facing troubles, and by we i mean the whole 30 members of the family.
we are also extreamly friendly. it also feals great knowing that you are a desendent of the great pharoes.
I also am very proud of my language, because arabic is spoken by over 300 million in the world (top 6), and is widly spoken by almost all muslims, and im proud that my region is the place where people effected the whole world, like, Abraham, Jesus, Mohamed, Salahdin, Sadat...
im also proud of the achievments my civilization has reached once, like the Science, Astronomy and Art in the pharoes times, and in the Arab Reinassance : the Invention of Sociology, Numerals, Algerbra, and Medical care, also the great improvment we added to geography, astrology, biology...
believe it or not , the first person who ever tried to fly was an arab, he literally stuck wings to his body and jumped off a clif, (hehehe, i can see why he isnt known hehe), ofcourse he died, but his name was Abu Firas.
and hell several more reasons...

I dont know why should you be ashamed of your countyr germany, its not like your from Cape Verde island or something, you should be proud of your country because of germany's great History - Economy - Army - Democracy - and very strange language!!!hehehe

I'm damn proud to be a Canadian. Wait I think damn proud is an understatement I'm f**king proud to be a Canadian though yes our military isn't the greatest (but it still is a force to fear [though not as much as other first world nations]), our government ain't the greatest (though I prefer having a liberal government than a conservitive one), and the beer sterotype is taken to far. But other than that I f**king love it here. Best place on Earth (for me)

I'm damn proud to be a Canadian. Wait I think damn proud is an understatement I'm f**king proud to be a Canadian though yes our military isn't the greatest (but it still is a force to fear [though not as much as other first world nations]), our government ain't the greatest (though I prefer having a liberal government than a conservitive one), and the beer sterotype is taken to far. But other than that I f**king love it here. Best place on Earth (for me)
Fuck Yeah Canada

Does anyone here know what language Jean Chretien spoke?

I am not proud or ashamed of my country.

Too much pride for being a citizen of a country is stupid, in my opinion. My motto is: I am a citizen of the world first and a citizen of the United States of America second.



german's an ugly language

I strongly disagree.

I'm not proud of my country. I haven't done anything for the country. Those who fought for our independency and who built this country can be proud of it, not me.

I am a Human Being. What is pride in your own Nationality? Pride in what? Are different Nationalites really different? If so how?

Are different Nationalites really different? If so how?

Other than language and cultural differences, we're all the same- human.

Exactly, we try to make ourselfs different or think we are different, when we are actually all the same.

Exactly, we try to make ourselfs different or think we are different, when we are actually all the same.
Its just another case of humans being humans.

I suppose humans enjoy giving themselves something extra to feel good about.

Thats what all humans are looking for, something to make them feel good, make them feel happy. Make them forget about their pain, agony and suffering, Instead of looking inside themselfs and trying to figure out why they have their pain, agony and suffering.

I am a Human Being. What is pride in your own Nationality? Pride in what? Are different Nationalites really different? If so how?

people dont share the same religion, lifestyle, language, traditions, culture, interest everything...do i need 2 say more.

Example......

Russian Federation.
population-over 130 million
Language - Russian
Ethnicity - Slavics
Religion - Chritianity
Favorite Drink VODKA
Favorite Sport Hand Ball (i guess)
its ok to site with leg over the other

Arab League Population- Over 300 million
Language - Arabic
Ethnicity - Arabs
Religion - Islam
Favorite Drink COFFE
Favorite Sport Football (Soccer)
very rude to site with leg over the other

People's Republic of China Population- Over 1,200 million
Language - Mandarin Chinese
Ethnicity - Han Chinese
Religion - Buddhism, Confucianism, Taosim, others
Favorite Drink GREEN TEA
Favorite Sport have no idea
people dont know how to site with leg over another

what im trying to say is that humans are all humans ofcourse, and can all easily live with each other but maybe 10,000 years ago...
now a chinese guy and an arab and a russian cant all live together under one roof... well they can but if you get the whole population , i think its hard.

do i make sense???

I'm not terribly proud to be British, no. I hate what this country's becoming, with the rise of the new yob culture. :( I may emigrate if I get the chance, as much as I love Britain's history and geography.

I'm not terribly proud to be British, no. I hate what this country's becoming, with the rise of the new yob culture. :( I may emigrate if I get the chance, as much as I love Britain's history and geography.

Emigrate to where?

America, or Australia possibly.

No, not really. I don't see any reason to be proud about the place where my parents happen to put me on the planet...

I left the place an came to Ireland. It's a nice country, it has a fascinating history, although it is not as important an international player as my country of birth is. But I still don't see any reason to be proud on that... I don't even understand the concept

I'm proud to be a multi-racial multi-cultural human being that is destroying the genetic purity of the races. :)

well, I love my(yes its mine) little town in the USofA. I may not like what out government is doing at times, but I sure do ove this place. lots of trees too...

I'm also proud to say that if my country calls on me, I will answer. I won't be a panzie and run up to Canada.



school starts today...........WHHHHHHY!!!!!!?!?!?! :(

How can I be proud of a country that allows Cindy Sheehan and her tripe to go on.

Well, I was born in Scotland and been moved to England, and my mum is 1/2 English and 1/2 Scottish but born in England. My dad is totally English. I have trouble working out what nationality I am, let alone whether I'm proud of it. It's pretty annoying when the English say I can't support England and Scots say I can't support Scotland.

Personally, I'm not particularly patriotic. I can't see what difference it would have made if I was born in France, Germany or whatever. I'd still be a four-eyed spotty teenager :D.

Which is why I want to emigrate after I go to uni and do my training as a Doctor. So I can be a foreigner in a different country, as opposed to in my own country, whichever it is.

school starts today...........WHHHHHHY!!!!!!?!?!?! :(

Pwnd! Us in England & Wales gat another week! w00t!

i love my country wherever i go.

Well, I like being from where I am, even it's called Spain for some, or Castille for some others.

When a place that has been the last corner of the world for centuries has been visited by ALL european and mid-east cultures, maybe it is for something. I like the history, we were full of gold mines, and all rich romans wanted to improve their social status by buying or building a mine here. We have a mercury mine which is the origin of 1/3 of all the mercury in the world, we are seen as the farm of Europe -vegetables, fruits, meal- is the best with the french and italian cuisines. The basque tradition on cooking is as famous as the french one.

And all americans who like their country as it is should thank it to us; if we hadn't existed today the whole continent would be muslim or a chinese ex-colony.

I'm proud of my country. I'm from Croatia. I'm proud of croatian history (somewhat unlucky), I'm proud of our people, of croatian landscapes, of our temper and attitude (it's like, first fun, then everything else). I'm also proud of our succeses in sports (third in soccer WC in France '98, first in handball WC and EC, waterpolo semifinalist, Janica Kostelic in Ski Cup, Goran Ivanisevic in Wimbeldon and in Athens, basketball second place vs USA Dream Team, ...), I'm proud of our sea :).

Well, enough of I'm proud of :D.
But I like the most is our attitude and temper (I'm not sure what is the right word in english, I want to say a word for how people behave in everyday life :)). It's pretty different to western way of life, here almost everybody is friendly, want to have fun, wants to get drunk :), we feel strong patriotism for Croatia, mostly because Croatia was not independent for 889 years so now when it is we are very patriotic :).

Probably people who live in countries that are independent for hundreds of years, that are very large or powerful so that they meddle in other countries affairs aren't proud of their country. They think that acomplishments of their country is nothing special. Newly independent countries are different :).

I think I've said enough.

NP: Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive

Proud of my country? Dunno, german's an ugly language, our government(s) love to screw us over and are generally incompetent... there are some beautiful landscapes though

Sounds like Australia except we speak English

Yes, I am very proud to be from Canada! :)

Seriously though, I love Australia.
I'm not trying to offend people but it is probably the best country in terms of people, food, landscape, diversity, sporting prowess and climate. We have our problems, but they are just smaller than everywhere else I seen.
If you don't like your country then you should move. Not for your countries sake, but your own, or work to improve it.

Normally a person likes their own country except for those stupid extreme liberals who think they should be ashamed of where they live.

There's a difference between liking your country and being proud to be a citizen of your country.

There's a difference between liking your country and being proud to be a citizen of your country.

I like my country and am also proud to be a Canadian and go figure, I'm also a liberal. ;)