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I think your latter two points are true. I don't think we ought to go overboard on the national (or even municipal, or regional) pride. But I also wish we didn't go so big on the national shame. (View Post)

It's not even the "patriotic" lobby. I love my country. But I recognise that that's a function of me growing up in this country and being rooted in it, and human psychology valuing what we … (View Post)

Motivation for the destruction 'just drunken stupidity'. In some ways, I find this something of a relief. It's not a *good* reason, certainly, but the least bad reason I can think of. (View Post)

I'm more baffled at the moment about the apparent shrug with which the world has greeted the news that Trump has apparently elected to award the World Club World Cup trophy to himself - not least wit… (View Post)

It really isn't 'a right wing blog'. It has posters from across the spectrum, fairly representatively, although Reform are significantly underrepeesented - largely because we are disproportionately m… (View Post)