They are certainly not my favorite foreigners, however they are very good at the national pride stuff, flag displaying, groundswell support for their sports teams, military ect. They have their own issues with the Native Americans, immigrants and all the rest, but somehow to the rest of us they portray the sort pride and honour as shown here.
This guys holds the salute for about 3hrs as over 3000 bikers file past, he has done this of his own volition for the past 8 years, now I know they have a massive population and all, but that's quite a gathering, their memorial day celebrations along with Thanks Giving always seem to be about the Family, and their love of their country.
Perhaps NZ needs to look a little more closely at instilling some pride into its citizens, we seem to be feverishly proud of our country when travelling overseas but don't display a lot of it here in NZ. Our only National Day is all about the difference and suppression of Maori, not the celebration of what a bloody great place this is.
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Originally Posted by phill-k
They are certainly not my favorite foreigners, however they are very good at the national pride stuff, flag displaying, groundswell support for their sports teams, military ect. They have their own issues with the Native Americans, immigrants and all the rest, but somehow to the rest of us they portray the sort pride and honour as shown here.
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