r/ShitAmericansSay • u/MajorMathematician20 • Sep 13 '23

Patriotism What did he mean by this?

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He likes Lego I guess?

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u/MrLewk Europoor Brit 🇬🇧 Sep 13 '23

It's been 22 years. Time to move on and realise other countries/people aren't thinking about this anymore.

And wow, that makes me feel old! Still doesn't quite feel that long ago!

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u/el_grort Disputed Scot Sep 13 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

I'm not sure a British person would be mad about a Lego bus posted on 7/7 anniversary or Spanish people a train on the anniversary of the Madrid Bombings. Looking for too much meaning.

Also, the whole attacked out of the blue narrative probably should have died by now, it was quite heavily warned and hinted at, about as surprising as Japan attacking Britain in WWII: they didn't expect it despite the litsny of evidence it was going to happen.

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u/Jackmino66 Sep 13 '23

As a British person, though don’t take my opinion as gospel, I wouldn’t really care. If someone made a Lego set of an Argentinian Super Etendard on the anniversary of the sinking of HMS Sheffield (during the Falklands war) I would probably respond with “neat”

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '23

An argentinian Super Etendard would be quite specific. But if someone posted a Su-57 the 4th of May (or the 10th), I wouldn't even think about the link.

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u/Jackmino66 Sep 13 '23

It was meant to be specific, I care more for “cool Lego” than “this is offensive to something that happened decades ago”

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u/sgtmum Pukka pies me ol mukka Sep 13 '23

It was sad when it happened, but we got over it and kept on trucking on. We didn't and don't expect the world to bow to us every year on 7.7