Hmm so every 4 years, we seem to get an increase in supposed patriotism.
I am talking about the section of the population that believe a cheap plastic flag stuck to/on/in their vehicles suddenly proclaims their 4 yearly cycle of love for their country, sorry, poor excuse for a football team. If you are patriotic, why do you not do this (tastefully) at any other time?
I make no claims to loving football. In fact it irks me when someone treats it as a religion, and poors scorn for me not knowing the inside leg measurements of every player in the Premier league.
I watch a few games a year, if it is on, but thats about it.
Why not use a flag all the time? Other countries are more patriotic than us Brits, and probably cannot understand why people like me criticise others for apparently being patriotic. And i will tell you why.
They are not being patriotic. They are following the heard. Having a 99p plastic peice of tat on your car shows that you have put little effort or thought into what this display of pride actually means. Do they know the difference between a Union Jack( usually hanging upside down) and the St Georges cross?
Already been for a drive this morning, and saw 3 of these plastic nasties lying broken at the side of the road. So the only winners here are a) roadsweepers who get job security b) the Chinese, who presumably made the flags in the first place c) tabloid newspapers who give them away for free with 5 copies of the daily twat.
I also associate these flag bearers as "chavs". It's good to be able to spot them in a traffic queue, as you can expect antisocial driving behaviour pretty soon afterwards. ( generalisation #1) . I associate alot of these people with drunken yobs that will use the World cup as an excuse for a good fight, drunken binge, or carte blanche decree to do a spot of vandalism. Or all three. Whilst wearing a vest with the "eng-ger-land"(sic) flag upon it.
If these people were so patriotic- why not get the flags out for other sporting events which Brits are participating in? Or the Queen's birthday? Why can it not be an actual flag rather than a plastic square of the earth's resources that we will never get back?
Will these flags suddenly disappear when England get knocked out of the first round of the World cup i wonder.
I just think it is ironic that the last people we would want to advertise to others as displaying patriotism or as being English, are exactly the morons who drape flags over every square inch of their houses, cars and clothes for 4 weeks every 4 years.
