Ward vs Calzaghe

[Beanz]

Calzaghe is British whether he likes it or not.

As for the Italian/Welsh thing, he wore an Italian shirt to a big Wales-Italy rugby match, if I remember right. Taffies must have been seething... pretend it didn't happen, move on, move on

mate, it was originally about what he FELT he was and what he felt a connection to. He's Welsh , and Wales is part of Britain, therefore he's British, but what does "British" mean?
Does he feel more English, Scots or Irish than he does Italian?
I think we should move on from this, but the only people who ever protest about this "British" thing are More often than not English. I don't see Scots , Welsh and Irish being so passionate about it. I wonder why?? just curious.

The only one protesting about the British thing is you You said Britain's greatest ever SMW was Italian and the crux of your argument was


"I see him more as Welsh/Italian , British doesn't come into it. He clearly feels that way as well.
He used to have the Welsh and Italian flags on his shorts , but I never saw a Union Jack."

Are we really doing this all over again? right , let's see if I finally make you understand. (probably not, because you'll pick 2 words of what I say up and take it out of context to suit your argument like you ALWAYS do.)
thanks for quoting my post, but I am familiar with it.........because I WROTE IT!
When I said Britain's greatest ever SMW was Italian, there was a big smiley face after that, and when @ryanman asked if I was saying it tongue in cheek, I said YES!
so what conclusion would that lead you to Sherlock? hmmmm.
now to the above quote of mine , as you can see I said he FEELS more Italian than British . I have since said that as Wales is part of Britain , then yes, he is British!
now correct me if I'm wrong , but Britain is made up of England , Scotland , Wales and Ireland is that right? ok, well we've established that he FEELS the Welsh part clearly, but does he FEEL more English , Scottish or Irish than he does Italian?
excuse me repeating this again and again , everybody else, but I must be using some sort of ink that is invisible to @Beanz.
So Bearing in Mind that I have said He's Welsh , therefore British , who exactly can we assume is protesting here?
Finally, and again apologies for repeating , but you have yet again proved that invariably the only people that bang on about BRITAIN , are English . Remind me please , what nationality are you? I notice the George cross on your ID, but hey, you csn never be too sure can you?

I am English but like most English I have a mixed heritage. So I am Jewish and part Gypsy. My grandmother was a Romany Gypsy who married my Grandfather who was a Polish Jew. She was born in Ireland but her mother was born in Sicily. As an Englishman I am quite aware of how it's OK to hate the English but most English do Not hate the Scots or the Welsh or the Irish. You are the one banging on about it as though people should be ashamed to be called British if they are not English. I have Welsh cousins, my brother lived in Kelvin Glasgow for 11 years and it is my experience that many people are quite happy to be called British. We get that you are not but you are rather over egging the pudding by going on about Calzaghe and how he feels. The whole anti English thing is mostly based on bollocks and ignorance anyway , the same way that many Scots,Welsh and Irish have far less Celtic blood in them than people here in Devon and Cornwall. It's just daft. Dublin was founded by the Vikings ffs. Doesn't have a lot to do with Ward Calzaghe though.