mafya Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Happy St George's day! An interesting article about him here = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/st-georges-day-6-reasons-why-st-george-is-the-perfect-symbol-of-multiculturalism-10197345.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donotremove Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 The official animal of Scotland is the Unicorn (it really is). Wales has a dragon. Doesn't stop either of them having a strong identity. But what do you mean by identity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 But what do you mean by identity? Flag waving, funny accents - their own Parliament. That type of schizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donotremove Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Flag waving, funny accents - their own Parliament. That type of schizzle. Ah I see, thank you. Jingoistic nonsense in other words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw47 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 It's tough to choose between the four choices of date put forward. The only way would be to put the dates in a hat and get the queen to draw one out. St George is also the patron saint of the Catalans which is why Barcelona have the St Georges cross as part of their badge. They celebrate the day in some style, street parties and parades and they light a bonfire on the summit of one of the Pyrenees mountains so that it can be seen in both Catalonian areas north eastern Spain and south eastern France. Personally I think it would be nice to celebrate it a bit more but the English don't seem too bothered about national partying unless it has something to do with royalty. That excludes people like me, but I'd welcome a national day that I could join in with. Either St George or Shakespeare would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bypassblade Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 What is our identity? Also why does it have to be associated with a mythical man who supposedly killed a mythical creature? Just asking. Our identity is that we're English, we have to put up with Paddy's Day, Australia Day, Pakistan Day, so this is our day English and proud shout it loud. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yeah, bloomin foreign Saints coming over here and expecting us to celebrate them Well, the Irish and Scottish also celebrate a foreign Saint, so we're not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Our identity is that we're English, we have to put up with Paddy's Day, Australia Day, Pakistan Day, so this is our day English and proud shout it loud. Just saying It's also part of out identity not to follow what was a mainly a Roman Catholic custom, it's why before Carling started to try copy Guinness's approach to St Patrick's day, it never really bothered us much as a national celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Boomer- Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Our identity is that we're English, we have to put up with Paddy's Day, Australia Day, Pakistan Day, so this is our day English and proud shout it loud. Just saying What kind of argument is that? I find national pride distasteful regardless of whom it’s from. Look at what BS the rightwing are saying at the moment - It’s ok from them to fly their flag but we can’t fly ours and all that rubbish. Just saying ---------- Post added 23-04-2015 at 13:44 ---------- Well, the Irish and Scottish also celebrate a foreign Saint, so we're not alone. Well I guess that's ok then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I disagree, it's a good case for multiculturalism. When people celebrate St George's Day, they're letting go of the C of E's traditions and following a Roman Catholic tradition of celebrating the Saint day. Not only that, that they following a Palestinian Roman warrior. So not only are they supporting a "foreigner" but a "foreigner" who was part of an army that conquered and mixed with us, helping to spread multiculturalism. St George is also a one of the few Saints who's well known and respected by Muslims. St George's day is also celebrated by many other countries, our EU brothers Germany and Portugal amongst them. Is it possible to have any more of a multicultural celebration? Quite possibly, by lobbing in St Clement (who actually existed and actually killed a dragon in 2nd century AD, long before 'St George' ) for that extra Continental, Franco-German angle And a happy St George day to ye all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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