Norman Tebbit, [who seriously does not pull the wings off flies, as Tony Robinson once suggested], once asked about immigrants: 'The cricket test - which side do you cheer for? Are you still looking back to where you came from or where you are?' The Russians put it more directly - it's where you were born. A girl I know said it was the language you spoke. And what do you do when they take away your football team, the Crazy Gang and send it to Milton Keynes and now you can only attend Spurs games? Where are your loyalties then?
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
[patriotism] the dilemma of the expat and the immigrant
Norman Tebbit, [who seriously does not pull the wings off flies, as Tony Robinson once suggested], once asked about immigrants: 'The cricket test - which side do you cheer for? Are you still looking back to where you came from or where you are?' The Russians put it more directly - it's where you were born. A girl I know said it was the language you spoke. And what do you do when they take away your football team, the Crazy Gang and send it to Milton Keynes and now you can only attend Spurs games? Where are your loyalties then?
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