Flagging
Everywhere, aren't they? But what do they mean? Okay, there's the World Cup going on and we last won it in 1966. And who are "we", exactly? It wasn't me, I was too young to play. Was it you? No, I thought not. So, the people sporting these flags on their cars somehow think that by doing so they will become part of the "we" and when David Beckham finally raises the World Cup in the air and the papers the next day all have huge banner headlines about Forty Years On, then they will, in some small way, have been part of it.
Well, they won't. Supporting your local football team, taking pleasure in watching people you know play and improve, okay, fine, if you like that sort of thing. But don't kid yourself that this team called "England" is anything to do with you: it isn't, it's to do with huge big business. I'm not even complaining that footballers are paid too much - they are very highly skilled, and therefore in demand, and therefore paid accordingly.
It's a shame if the only way to feel we belong is by the old-fashioned method of "My country's better than yours". Worst-case scenario: England beat Germany in the final. Can you imagine the so-called jokes, the endless references to the Second World War, the jingoistic reporting? Second worst-case scenario: Germany beat England in the final. The endless jokes about German efficiency not paying off, the tasteless headlines all referring to the War and how this is Germany's revenge - - oh, I can't bear to think about it.
People do want to belong to a community and these days, too many don't feel that they do. So they are creating this artificial community of "EN-GER-LAND"-worshippers. Wouldn't it be great if all this wanting-to-belong could be harnessed and put to good use in people's local communities, instead of all this "we're better than you" nonsense?
Near where I live there is an excellent pub, the White House, of Oakwood, Leeds. Good food, pleasant atmosphere. I am particularly pleased with it at the moment for this reason alone:
posted by Daphne at 6:00 pm
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Yes, it's not the football I mind, it's the 'we'. 'We beat Serbia Montenegro'? No, we sat on our arses and drank beer and shouted while wearing a silly orange hat. Meanwhile some other people a long way away beat Serbia Montenegro.
My theory is that the less reason you have to feel good about yourself the more likely you are to claim you belong to a 'we' and nab the vicarious glory.
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