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  1. Being proud of your nationality...

     

    Umm.

     

    To be honest I'm more proud of the fact that I'm quarter Italian :blink:

     

    That's what I mean. If you lived in Italy, you wouldn't be proud of being quarter Italian, because everyone there is Italian, but of being 3quarters English, because that makes you different. I think.

    People are mostly proud of something that makes them different.

  2. I'm distinguishing between national identity and national pride. I'd be surprised if people getting to know me couldn't guess I was British, but I'd never say "I'm really proud to have an English mother and father" (I've actually NEVER heard anyone say they're proud to be British/English) yet I do think Mika has said he's proud to be half Lebanese. I really don't get the concept- neither he nor I did anything to determine our nationality, so where does pride come into it?

     

    I think that that pride only comes when you don't live in your own country (anymore). I would never say that I'm proud to be Belgian as long as I live in Belgium. But I do think that if I moved to... anywhere in the world, I would start to feel proud as well. I think it's just a part of finding out who you are, and where you belong. Does that makes sense? :dunno:

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