++ [ originally posted by Modo Bianconero ] ++
i agree with you guys .. but maybe menace was kidding and no1 got him .. if he wasnt then he loses my respect not tht it matters but i really also hate people tht ashamed of their country .. and ive met a few people tht get american or canadian passports and think they are american.. i dont believe in such bullcrap .. wht r ur roots whts ur origin look in the mirror where ur parents from ...thts were u from ..
I do not agree at all.
That does not mean that I don´t respect it is that way for you.
We all have our history or/and different ways of seeing things.
You can hardly say that you yourself is coming from the place your parents coming from. You are you and they are they.
We can actually take Zlatan as an example.
His mother and father comes from Bosnia and Croatia. So in that case is he Bosnian or Croatian? Second he is borne in Sweden. Raised in Sweden. He grew up with Swedish friends in a Swedish school. But he still isn’t a Swede?
For some roots and belonging are much more important than to others. Most do to the history and the way you have to defend the different identities. As in Norway the flag means a lot an in Sweden it does not mean that much. Only because of the 2nd world war were Norway was occupied and Sweden was not. That does not mean that Swedes are less proud of their country.
As myself. My mother moved together with an Italian when I was 5, Alberto. He raised me and I went to Italy every year, learned the language and got two brothers with him as a father. I feel more Italian than Swedish, still there is not a centiliter of Italian blood in my vanes. Can you explain that? On the other hand my family emigrated to Sweden from Belgium in the 16th century, speaking French. I don’t feel French or as I belong in Belgium…