I'll av' you know Finty that Just about every modern invention in the world was made by a Scotsman....and Scotland is pretty close to England so our brainpower is bound to rub off on the English.
It's a shame though when anything is done good by a Scot and he/she is then called a Brit but if it is done by an English person it is England that get the credit !
Originally posted by Papaumau
[b]"Everybody in the world don't like Polish people"That's a very broad statement Dancer.....
In fact I will tell you that there are many Polish people who live in my beloved Scotland and every one of them that I know are terrific people who are well accepted and liked in Scotland.
These folks came over here during an after the 2nd world war and now they have third generatiion families here.
My best friend when I was serving my time as a Joiner was a guy called Vincent Kolos.......( I won't finish his name ). He was a great guy who was well know and liked in his hometown, ( Scottish-born of course ).
And yes..I agree with Finty...The Polish girls are all terrific too ! ahem ! 😱
Golden Moon....
I agree that it is sad that your little country is split in two between the Turks and the Greeks but maybe you should see it as the tourists see it !
I have been to Cyprus twice and I love it there. Maybe it is something to do with the great sea-food and the guaranteed sunshine...I don't know, but I have found that the Greeks and the Turks are all nice to the tourists. Why they can't be nice to each-other I don''t know either ? [/B]
I have dual citizenship in America and in South Africa. I've spent less than two years living in South Africa and over 18 years in the United States. If you were to make me choose between one or the other i would not hessitate to keep my South African title. I don't support the kinds of things the US government does overseas and there are many things I don't support dommestically. I think Bush stole the last election and will probably try to steal the next one. I think that as the conservative agenda is moved forwards America is becoming less free, more evil, and less democratic. I don't have alot of American pride, and I really don't view South Africa as the best nation ever either but I would rather be associated with the racial violence and oppression of the Appartheid of a couple decades ago than to be associating myself with the Right Wing war on brown people world wide that is going on today. By claiming pride in a nation you must face criticism of that nation as criticism upon yourself. I have no desire to defend the actions of the US government or to support them with my tax dollars.
My country, I'm a little ashamed of my country. It is full of corrupt politicians. I hate the fact that the government let the country to change the currency to dollars, this is bad because things like food and clothes went up in value (e.g a pair of jean costs 30 bucks, but the average person in my country only earns +- 50 dollars a week.) I don't like the fact that is one of the smallest country in this continent and has a population of 6 million 😖
I don't like the fact that my country is sending troops to Iraq and I don't like the fact that the government, instead of helping people to progress in their own country -with education and better jobs- is forcing them (us) to leave and emigrate in order to 'survive'
Now your wondering which country is that, well, is El Salvador and I have to say that aside all those imperfections, I love it 🙂