Even if you have been absent for 50 years? And I am not thinking so much of any cultural differences. What is it that ties you to your homeland and how does it manifest itself?
2007-12-25 23:06:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I never said I was an imigrant, Bartdude. You sound rather BNPish. Have you ever lived abroad? Nor did I say I didn't like England. You can be happy anywhere in the world, but I bet your type especially would always remain English in your heart. And why not?
2007-12-26 23:08:03 · update #1
in a way yes....they say home is where the heart is. and how much your heart is inclined to your home country depends on your experiences in that place. even if you move away and make a home elsewhere, a part of you remains in your mother country. even if you get all comfy in the new country, there are some instances where you will miss being back, like when you have to carry your ID everywhere you go, you remember that at home you never even needed to carry it. you may even naturalise in another country, but a part of you still remains. there are a few exceptions where one becomes totally naturalised and doesnt miss home
best regards and season greetings
2007-12-25 23:21:07 · answer #1 · answered by Dar' Lene Princess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple, if you do not like this country or see it as being 2nd best to a country where you were not even born then bugger of there then. If you are British then you are British end of story. You can't then start saying Oh I am British but I'm a British Asian or a British African. It is exactly that state of mind that creates division, that segregates immigrants even if they are 3rd or 4th generation immigrants. If you were born here or have been assimilated here then you are British and you should be proud of your Britishness and thank-full that Britain was there for either you or your family when it was needed most. Those who criticise the British way of life or try and alter it by imposing their own set of values upon it after finding sanctuary here, should be sent back to whence they came. Britain is the best place on the planet, yes we do have faults as does any nation, but there is no place on earth that I would rather be and everyone who was born here or who has chosen to have citizenship here should be proud of it above all other nations
2007-12-25 23:29:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not necessarily.. I'd say one's heart is where the people, the places and things that you love are. This can be at one place, like your country of birth... or in several.
Also, one can get embedded in another culture, and maybe even find it superior to your own (with an open mind), then, it becomes more like your second nature.
It all depends on the ppl you are with, let's say if you hv family members from another race, and you find yourself loving that country... why wouldn't you love it as if it were your own?.
2007-12-25 23:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by Red&White 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your heart remembers the good times you had during childhood in the place of your birth. My gran stays in Glasgow but was born in London. She has many happy memories of her childhood there despite living up north for 60 odd years. She has vivid memories of her parents, family and friends of yesteryear which enhances her idealistic thoughts and has allowed those memories to manifest themselves.
2007-12-25 23:47:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half of it does, simply because that is where I grew up and and all those magical childhood and teenage memories were played out. It is where I felt warm and secure in the heart of my family.
The other half belongs to the country I have made my home and which has accepted me and all my idiosyncrasies with open arms
2007-12-25 23:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by Christine H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They say Ronnie Biggs missed the British pub.
I thinks so. It is called belonging or sense of place and there is a good explanatory Internet site.
2007-12-26 00:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by Perseus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born in Scotland, my family are all Scots by birth and i will always be proud to be a Scot but will be even more proud when we eventually become an independent country again and i genuinely believe i will see it in my lifetime.
2007-12-25 23:19:51 · answer #7 · answered by tartanbeastie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My heart belongs to my heritage.
Nigeria though I was born and live in England
2007-12-25 23:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by T M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
although i refer to my self as English i now live else where and that feels like home, so i could say so long as I'm happy my heart is there,but my husband is irish and always will be
2007-12-25 23:17:09 · answer #9 · answered by leigh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh Yes. Why? I suppose it is (who) you are since it is an actual part of you, since thats where you come from. You sort of feel a motherly type of security. Simple.
2007-12-26 18:06:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋