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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:52 +0000

Great post by the way , about the fair play bit a story i really like is about an old football team called Corinthian F.C. who would deliberately miss all their penalty kicks because they refused to believe the other team would intentionally foul the, just think that sums up the old english spirt, however cant help but think the new generation has lost this.

To Marcel Cairo if you look into the history of the FALKLANDS you will realise that you have no real claim to the island, it is a British island inhabited by British Citizens that want nothing to do with you!

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ThePickards » Blog Archive » 33: A Meme — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:39:24 +0000

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By: Marcel Cairo

Marcel Cairo — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:31:04 +0000

Ehhhmmm… Dear former colonialist, now that we are all proud of fair play, do you think we can discuss returning the Malvinas back to their proper owner.

By: bruce

bruce — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:25:27 +0000

Completely agree about the fair crack of the whip point.

I remember reading about Lord Mountbatten, the last governor of India. The author was outraged that Mountbatten had allegedly said of a servant, “I don’t care whether he’s a muslim, a hindu or a Sikh, as long as he can make a good cup of tea”, complaining it was dismissive and borderline racist.

I think it’s an excellent saying and sums up the Engllish character well; as long as you can do what you’re paid to do, it doesn’t matter about your religion – it’s a meritocracy.

It also encompasses the fantastic English reticence about discussing religion; most of us see it as a private matter.

Mountbatten may or may not have been a patrician fool who wrecked India, but he was right in this case.