| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England 13:22 - Jun 8 with 4884 views | BelsteadCav |
A simple yes or no please ( I don’t want this to turn political)
I would, but I still find myself singing God save the Queen lol |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 14:59 - Jun 8 with 662 views | RIPbobby |
No... England doesn't have a national anthem that's why. |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:04 - Jun 8 with 632 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
No. If we had a country to be just remotely proud of then yes. |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:14 - Jun 8 with 593 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 14:48 - Jun 8 by lurcher |
Most do, but it is nothing to do with how the locals feel. It all seems like a farce to me, you can be proud of your own accomplishment's and success. But how can you be proud of a country that you had no choice in being born into. [Post edited 8 Jun 14:51]
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I think most people have an emotional connection to the place they are from and pride in that region. Whether that be to a town, county or country.
As an Englishman living in Scotland I find it very noticeable. The Irish are incredibly proud of their heritage and we see that in the way St Patrick's day has become a big thing over the years.
I'm reasonably well traveled and see the same pride in nationality everywhere I have lived or visited. There does seem to be a difference in how some people look down on the English celebrating their national identity. |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:18 - Jun 8 with 577 views | GeoffSentence |
No
Unless we were playing Scotland then I'd sing the Marshall Wade verse |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:21 - Jun 8 with 568 views | hype313 |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:14 - Jun 8 by GlasgowBlue |
I think most people have an emotional connection to the place they are from and pride in that region. Whether that be to a town, county or country.
As an Englishman living in Scotland I find it very noticeable. The Irish are incredibly proud of their heritage and we see that in the way St Patrick's day has become a big thing over the years.
I'm reasonably well traveled and see the same pride in nationality everywhere I have lived or visited. There does seem to be a difference in how some people look down on the English celebrating their national identity. |
I'm lucky enough to have been well traveled, in Canada, Australia, US, most European countries, people proudly fly the national flag from home.
But in this country, the St George's cross seems to have been symbolised by the far right, I'm not sure when this happened, but it's almost like people are embarrassed of it. [Post edited 8 Jun 15:24]
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:23 - Jun 8 with 555 views | BiGDonnie |
Yeah, but not for the King or royal family. |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:25 - Jun 8 with 549 views | Apollo11 |
No....(1) "God ?!", (2) national anthems are a little silly, (3) so are monarchies |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:27 - Jun 8 with 532 views | mellowblue |
Yes, lucky for England that I don't play for them. | | | |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:29 - Jun 8 with 505 views | waveneyblue |
I would mumble along, in the exact way I would at a wedding/funeral in a church (for the audience participation bit).
In all honesty, I dont think staring into space looking uninterested is a great look when playing for your country, but cant say it particularly upsets me. |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:34 - Jun 8 with 504 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:21 - Jun 8 by hype313 |
I'm lucky enough to have been well traveled, in Canada, Australia, US, most European countries, people proudly fly the national flag from home.
But in this country, the St George's cross seems to have been symbolised by the far right, I'm not sure when this happened, but it's almost like people are embarrassed of it. [Post edited 8 Jun 15:24]
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I believe we have been conditioned to be ashamed of our history.
Look at the Norwegian World Cup squad photo released this week of the players dressed as Vikings. The Vikings murdered, robbed and raped across Europe. But all we saw were positive comments regarding the photo.
Had the Italian's qualified this year, no one would have bat an eyelid had the squad dressed as Roman centurions. Despite the fact that the Romans conquered and enslaved most of the known world.
But the English team would have been vilified if they had dressed as Crusaders. | |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:39 - Jun 8 with 484 views | WeWereZombies |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:34 - Jun 8 by GlasgowBlue |
I believe we have been conditioned to be ashamed of our history.
Look at the Norwegian World Cup squad photo released this week of the players dressed as Vikings. The Vikings murdered, robbed and raped across Europe. But all we saw were positive comments regarding the photo.
Had the Italian's qualified this year, no one would have bat an eyelid had the squad dressed as Roman centurions. Despite the fact that the Romans conquered and enslaved most of the known world.
But the English team would have been vilified if they had dressed as Crusaders. |
Could have dressed as pirates instead... |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:42 - Jun 8 with 473 views | Vic |
I'd like to think I'd belt it out. But in truth is probably depends if I thought others could hear me! |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:42 - Jun 8 with 470 views | NedPlimpton |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:34 - Jun 8 by GlasgowBlue |
I believe we have been conditioned to be ashamed of our history.
Look at the Norwegian World Cup squad photo released this week of the players dressed as Vikings. The Vikings murdered, robbed and raped across Europe. But all we saw were positive comments regarding the photo.
Had the Italian's qualified this year, no one would have bat an eyelid had the squad dressed as Roman centurions. Despite the fact that the Romans conquered and enslaved most of the known world.
But the English team would have been vilified if they had dressed as Crusaders. |
Possibly because the Vikings and the Romans are ancient history whereas the British empire peaked in the 19th century and still exists through the commonwealth |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:03 - Jun 8 with 440 views | Ryorry |
Yes. I’d be playing for and proud to represent my country
Singing the national anthem of my country, like the anthem or not, whether the country is in a good place or not (we can always strive to make it better) is 100% part of that, i’d not be just singing for myself but for all the other people in the country represented. |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:06 - Jun 8 with 431 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
A bit of a weird question to ask if you didn't want it to turn political.
Let me guess TWTD is 95% no lol |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:07 - Jun 8 with 425 views | Ftnfwest |
Damn right I would. No ‘retiring’ from internationals either |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:11 - Jun 8 with 405 views | Essen_blue |
I would pretend to sing, you would see my lips moving without any noise coming out. | | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:16 - Jun 8 with 392 views | grow_our_own |
Love my country. I'm a patriot. But hate the monarchy. Pretty sure I'd sing any anthem that didn't glorify tax-cheating, born-to-rule embodiments of the corrosive class system. They aren't just symbolic, they hold real, palpable power over us for no good reason. | | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:17 - Jun 8 with 384 views | Ftnfwest |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 14:30 - Jun 8 by lurcher |
No. Having lived out of the country for 11 years, nationality and everything that comes with it seems very bizarre. |
As long as that covers all other countries as well, no problem | | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:20 - Jun 8 with 376 views | Swansea_Blue |
Can’t remember |  |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:23 - Jun 8 with 371 views | Churchman |
Yes |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:31 - Jun 8 with 339 views | flykickingbybgunn |
Yes. |  | | |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:34 - Jun 8 with 333 views | hype313 |
Why not just do a poll? | |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:35 - Jun 8 with 329 views | BelsteadCav |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:34 - Jun 8 by hype313 |
Why not just do a poll? |
That would have been a much better choice | |
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| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 16:37 - Jun 8 with 313 views | Churchman |
| Would you sing the national anthem if you played for England on 15:42 - Jun 8 by NedPlimpton |
Possibly because the Vikings and the Romans are ancient history whereas the British empire peaked in the 19th century and still exists through the commonwealth |
Well if you are going to put a timeline on it, why choose the chunk when Britain had an Empire? The Germans and the Japanese along with the Belgians was 20th century but they are proud of their country and not vilified for it.
Go back before the British Empire and the Spanish rubbed out whole cultures in S America and stole everything they could lay their hands on.
Oh and the Americans didn’t abolish slavery until the 1860x and colonised (stole) Hawaii at the end of the 19th century and seem to love their country.
Nearly forgot, France re-introduced slavery at the start of the 19c as Napoleon was a bit short of manpower while raging around Europe - yet they love their country. No guilt there methinks.
Lastly, the Empire doesn’t exist through the Commonwealth. It’s the other way around and was set up to benefit all, not just Britain. | | | |
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