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Within fourty seconds of seeing Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory on the Proms I furiously have complained to the BBC.
As a British person I am extra proud to be English. This evening is one of the last remaining bastions of Britishness left in our culture, and I, for one, adore the regality of the whole show. I therefore embrace the nations flags of Northern Ireland, Scotland and even the Welsh Dragon. I also just about accept the Republic flag of Ireland, to a small degree.
During Land of Hope and Glory I further embraced the tricolor of France. Yes, they were capitualting cowards with little more than garlic for arms, but Jerry did harm them, so hats off. What I can not except, and refuse to embrace is the bloody German flag waving at OUR proms!!!!!!!!
Land of Hope and Glory was made especially famous in both WW1 and WW2 as a statement against Jerry and their facist regime. How dare they!!! and how dare the bloody politically correct BBC allow the German flag to be waved!!!
My Great-Grandfather died at the Somme along with 20 odd thousand other Brits. Probably a lot of AB family members. His son, my Grandfather fought in Africa during WW2 against great odds to defeat Hitler!!!!!
I am furious, and this has ruined a rather nice evening and poor old Elgar must be stirring in his grave!!
Please air your complaints to the BBC if you feel the same.
Spitfires to the lot of them. Bloody krauts.
As a British person I am extra proud to be English. This evening is one of the last remaining bastions of Britishness left in our culture, and I, for one, adore the regality of the whole show. I therefore embrace the nations flags of Northern Ireland, Scotland and even the Welsh Dragon. I also just about accept the Republic flag of Ireland, to a small degree.
During Land of Hope and Glory I further embraced the tricolor of France. Yes, they were capitualting cowards with little more than garlic for arms, but Jerry did harm them, so hats off. What I can not except, and refuse to embrace is the bloody German flag waving at OUR proms!!!!!!!!
Land of Hope and Glory was made especially famous in both WW1 and WW2 as a statement against Jerry and their facist regime. How dare they!!! and how dare the bloody politically correct BBC allow the German flag to be waved!!!
My Great-Grandfather died at the Somme along with 20 odd thousand other Brits. Probably a lot of AB family members. His son, my Grandfather fought in Africa during WW2 against great odds to defeat Hitler!!!!!
I am furious, and this has ruined a rather nice evening and poor old Elgar must be stirring in his grave!!
Please air your complaints to the BBC if you feel the same.
Spitfires to the lot of them. Bloody krauts.
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Sasha, you're right - Germans are not all nazis. My father was Polish & hated the Germans, but he eventually forgave (even though he fought in the war & his father was murdered by the nazis). I have a good German friend, who once said to me, "We must all forgive, but should never forget - our children must not make the mistakes that our fathers made" and I think he's right. Many Germans were forced to fight against us in the world wars - if they didn't , their families would be killed. If any of you were in that situation (Shadow Man??), what would your choice be?
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