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That seems like a silly thing to get greatly irritated about.
by morsch 11y ago
That seems like a silly thing to get greatly irritated about.
- omonra 11y agoImagine if all the great Scottish scientists were referred to as 'the English'. That might piss some people off.
- morsch 11y agoI'm sure some people track these sort of tribal affiliations between inhabitants of the British isles over the course of a millenium, too, but again I'd consider it a silly thing to get riled up about.
- omonra 11y agoI think people tend to care about these things when one nation is subjugated by another, more powerful one, which tends to exert its dominance. Hence the 'weaker' nation feels deprived of its history when its proudest moments are appropriated away.
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