St George's day.

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  1. man

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    It's not necessarily racist to be patriotic. It might be racist to be bothered by the fact that St George was from Turkey.
     
    mansfield_red, Apr 24, 2025
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    No, now that he's back again... everyday is going to be Rusev day. :rolleyes:
     
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    Not sure it’s racist tbh but the lefty’s keep using it as a rhetoric
     
    Juddy G, Apr 24, 2025
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    I just find it ironic that our patron saint has nothing to do with the country we live in, and was in fact, a bit dusky and from the middle east. And if he turned up here on a small boat tomorrow it wouldn’t matter that he was seeking asylum from a dragon, we’d send the bugger back.
    We’ve got plenty of proper English born saints. Don’t see why we can’t have one of them. St Alban for example.
     
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    St. George, England's patron saint, was NOT Turkish, but he was born in Cappadocia, which is now part of Turkey. He lived in the Roman province of Palestine and died in Lydda (modern-day Israel) in AD 303.

    Just a quick search on Google hope that helps.
     
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    Sorry, he was technically Palestinian then. Like Jesus.
     
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    And England didn't exist then.
     
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    You'll be telling us he didn't actually slay a dragon next!
     
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    The finest example of hair-splitting of the day :D

    Personally, I see no reason why we should have such a thing as a Patron Saint anyway. I'd rather honour somebody like Nicholas Winton who saved Jewish children from the gas chambers than a man who made his name by slaughtering muslims a millennium ago.
     
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    St Alban was from Brittania, but also was the patron saint of refugees, torture victims and converts. Sounds pretty nice for a Catholic.
     
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    Not too up on saints, but had some good piss ups on paddy's day. I read this thread and just thought I'd Google st George to see if he was Turkish. Not that it matters.
     
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