your ancestors killed my ancestors... /roar

[Catta]

No doubt, I mean the menu alone is just off the charts... Spicy, deepfried, curry marinated sushi-haggis... My o my.

Scotland has two spices. Meat and batter.

[marthsk]

Jamais...les Francais vole Calais.

At least, please don't use Google Translate. It's just too obvious to anyone speaking other languages.

[Kalis]

At least, please don't use Google Translate. It's just too obvious to anyone speaking other languages.

That wasn't, that was my GCSE French

[Gaman]

The reason we scandinavians look so good is because when we fucked over.. well Europe during the viking era, we took all their good looking females back home.
(truestory.jpeg)

Please dont be mad at us.

[Venziir]

Scotland has two spices. Meat and batter.

Well, the spicy would be the Texan or Indian part, the deepfried would again be the Texan part, the sushi the japanese part and haggis would be the scottish part obviously :P

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The reason we scandinavians look so good is because when we fucked over.. well Europe during the viking era, we took all their good looking females back home.
(truestory.jpeg)

Please dont be mad at us.

And killed all the good looking men in whatever country we raped and pillaged. Well that and the two world wars helped kill of pretty guys too.

[Mayhem]

hm i have no clue about my ancestors, but out of guess, they probably killed each other

central europe, allways a place to party

[Deleted]

Scottish heritage, Irish family, born & raised in England....

...nothing like keeping it in the family!

[DrIvoRobotnik]

Well..being half Italian...my ancestors probably defeated and had sex with all your ancestors...1000 year rein and all.

[Sorrior]

your ancestors killed my ancestors so i must kill you for what your ancestors did to my ancestors.

makes no sense at all. people had this mentality for hundred if not thousands of years. alot of times its funny because those people most likely dont know the true cause for all the hatred.

whats your thought on holding grudges for what angered the ancestors?

Honestly? We'll NEVER truly move forward if we keep this mentality....I HATE this mindset with a passion and it's used by almost everyone except white males(who admittedly don't have much reason to hold grudges except each other and some other groups) but i feel that it will just backfire on us in the long run....

As i see it if people keep asking for more and more reperations or special forms of treatment because of the past then we'll never move forward... Like my sister thinks it's fine for women to be treated better and get free passes on shit because of how they were once treated and i thank the gods i don;t lnow any say black people who feel the same way....

[serenka]

trace my family back about 600years in England, i hold a grudge against everyone, especially those pesky colonies!

[Deleted]

That wasn't, that was my GCSE French

Just put the word "truc" in at least every second sentence if you don't know a word, it makes you sound if not nativae at least like an immigrant

[Spiffums]

The blood coursing within me comes from a long long line of people who either raided and took what your people had/killed your people and/or enslaved your people....now tell me something with your enlightened mind......am I really someone with you want to screw with?



That would make for a great facebook status!

[Catta]

Well, the spicy would be the Texan or Indian part, the deepfried would again be the Texan part, the sushi the japanese part and haggis would be the scottish part obviously :P

No, the deep fried part is Scottish. You can get a deep fried Mars bar there. Scotland is a country utterly unafraid of scurvy and I admire that.

[lavafoxx]

violence - almost always the worst way to approach the problem

Actually all of history disagrees with you.

[Deleted]

At least, please don't use Google Translate. It's just too obvious to anyone speaking other languages.

And yet, it still sounds better and is more pleasing to the eye than Québécois. There, I said it. *whip crack*

[Venziir]

No, the deep fried part is Scottish. You can get a deep fried Mars bar there. Scotland is a country utterly unafraid of scurvy and I admire that.

True, true, them scots do like to deepfry *everything*... Deepfried pizza, marsbars, or sauge kebabs... Yeah.

[marthsk]

And yet, it still sounds better and is more pleasing to the eye than Québécois. There, I said it. *whip crack*

I see what you did there.

Too bad that this Québecois can actually talk and write pretty good normative French, otherwise he would've been en tabarnak at your shot.

[Mayhem]

Actually all of history disagrees with you.

yeah, we won, but we´ll write it as if it was a bad idea doing it

-the day jeff died as a historian

[Ave07]

My ancestors were murdered by, Alexander the Great, the Dutch, the Portuguese, and especially the British and today I really don't care since its ancient history.

[Manhands]

Moral high-horsing alert! Stop assuming that, being a third-party, those involved in these kinds of "grudges" are simply delusional, illogical, dumb, or evil. These people are just like you and me: human. This is an archetype, and by implication, many here would be (are?) involved in similar hatred that was spawned from actions in the distant past.

I'll summarize the sentiment in this thread: "People A did bad stuff to People B and X years later, People A still remember and hold it against People B? How dumb/illogical. Stop it." In truth, the action's of People A influenced the way People B fundamentally view People A. Anger turned to resentment, and this was taught to the next generation. So, this new generation of People B were taught hatred of People A and treated them with disgust and vitriol. The new generation of People A were not involved in the original action, but they ARE involved in being treated very poorly by the new generation of People B. The cycle of hatred and vitriol perpetuates, and each new generation has very valid reasons of disliking the other People, since they have personally or indirectly felt this hatred on the other side.

Are you seriously saying that if a nearby peoples called you derogatory slurs and treated you with contempt you would be the first to attempt to make peace? And do you practice this peacemaking spirit here on the forums? It is a rare trait, indeed.