Viking armies did fight in open fields of battle and my people beat them.
Pompey rid the Mediterranean of pirates even though the Romans were not a seafaring people.
Regardless, I think it’s silly to look to them as the prime example of white superiority, if that happened to be someone’s goal given, among other things, how they sold other whites into slavery to the Arabs.
I refer you to the definitive thread on hypotheticals:
Well, the Irish, British and French all bested them in the end. They did have a decent run of it, all the same.
One of those are my people.
And aren’t the Irish also British?
‘Dems fightin’ words
I know how much you like to split hairs and dodge questions, but IIRC British refers to the people of England and Wales, not necessarily all subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
I’ve never actually bought a 5/3/1 book, shirt or ebook, so I’ll simply be eliminating sets of 5, 3, and 1 from all future programming. If I have a 1rm event in a competition, I’m doing my 2rm instead. If I happen to hit any of these numbers in a max rep event, I’m going to withdraw from the competition. Actually, 5/3/1 includes max rep sets, so I’ll never do those again either.
I will also be avoiding the bench press, overhead press, squat and deadlift. Instead I will perform curtsies, hugs, high fives, and round table discussions.
And Scotland.
It may also include northern Irish or those from the channel islands, depending on your political opinions
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See I thought Scots lived on the island of Britain but were not culturally British.
@theBird can you clear up the terms for us please? This is important.
What do you mean by culturally British?
The country of Great Britain and Northern Island is the official title stamped on my passport. That includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all have some level of devolved power but are still part of the same nationality and would hold the same passport. Southern Ireland (or just Ireland) is a different nationality with a different government etc.
Apologies: it should be called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for complete accuracy
I suppose it may be a historic distinction I may not be recalling correctly. Were Scots considered Britons? I know “British” once included people living in modern day France, but the term has obviously evolved as borders changed.
Do Scots self-identity as British nowadays?
I’m not aware of any issues with people identifying as British, but I am English and we’re not well known for being able to tell when people have a problem with us. Best to ask an actual Scot, or at least someone who doesn’t live the exact opposite end of the country from them.
One good clue is when the entire country takes the day off of work to celebrate having a problem with the English. Or the British. Maybe both I’m not really sure anymore. Fuck all of you guys! I have to go buy some fireworks and polish all of my guns so I’m ready for tomorrow. USA USA USA!!!
The poster above you got the joke.
If I wanted to split hairs I would have said it was the Saxons who beat the Vikings.
It’s not a simple issue because at the same time, Wales and Scotland have their own national football teams.
Agreed. It depends how you define a “nation”, as opposed to a state, country, etc. It all gets a bit murky and tedious there.
There’s a quiz show my little boy watches that defines a country as a soveriegn state that is a member of the UN in its own right. In which case, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is one country, and Ireland is a separate one. Scotland, England, etc. are not.
It gets even murkier because they also have their own bank notes, certain levels of devolved power in their own parliaments, send separate teams to football tournaments, but send a joint British team to the Olympics. And separate teams to Commonwealth Games. Its all a bit of a mess really.
It should also be called the ‘Republic of Ireland.’
Even murkier still, my brother had a 23 and me done, and even though our family is actually definitely from Scotland and Ireland, his results were 97% Nordic, 3% western European.
So there’s where they’re at, where they identify nationally, and where they’re actually from.
Im a Croat living in Australia.
Lol.
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