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Old 8th May 2007, 15:57
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The Dumfries Volunteers by Robert Burns

rather long poem that can be found at 526. Song-The Dumfries Volunteers. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics
if needed but i thought this verse would be a good stimulus for more annoying mudslinging by all sides

O let us not, like snarling curs,
In wrangling be divided,
Till, slap! come in an unco loun,
And wi’ a rung decide it!
Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang ourselves united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted!
No! never but by British hands
Shall British wrangs be righted!
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I thought that poem was called "Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?" or something to that effect.

I'm afraid I disagree with:
"For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted!"

I am an internationalist.
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Old 10th May 2007, 13:12
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So was Burns probably, not really sure what point im trying to make by showing it, perhaps that pride in your nation and pride in being part of the greater unit (be it the entire world or the entire island) is possible and has been done by a man who is almost always mentioned as a nationalist.
Oh and all the smart people are internationalists anyway, as Bill Hicks put it "it's a round world last time i checked"
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