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I should be proud because....

TheCatWoman

I'm often told that I should be proud of things like sporting achievements, but I hate sport and if it disapeared the only thing I'd notice was that my normal progames wern't being messed about because of it. It dosen't matter what sport is, mens, womens team or individual, I dont' care and I resent being told I should.

Can anyone give me a reason why I should care, because I really don't understand this national pride thing in sport, or much else to be honest.

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  • It is almost impossible to answer the bigger picture without getting into discussions of identity, nationality, the nation state, culture, etc. which is politically contentious.

    Pride can also have a number of meanings and presentations, and can be good or bad. So it depends on how you interpret the word.

    If you are just talking about the world cup, then it Is symbolic. It depends on whether you think the team in any way represent you or your country, whether you identify with them at all, whether them carrying your flag means anything. It is fairly trivial, a loss on the field says nothing about a country really. The managers are often foreign too.

    But a flag means something. It always has.

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  • It is almost impossible to answer the bigger picture without getting into discussions of identity, nationality, the nation state, culture, etc. which is politically contentious.

    Pride can also have a number of meanings and presentations, and can be good or bad. So it depends on how you interpret the word.

    If you are just talking about the world cup, then it Is symbolic. It depends on whether you think the team in any way represent you or your country, whether you identify with them at all, whether them carrying your flag means anything. It is fairly trivial, a loss on the field says nothing about a country really. The managers are often foreign too.

    But a flag means something. It always has.

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