Talk:Theo Paphitis

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How can a Greek Cypriot be an English entrepreneur? Because he lives in Surrey? If he lived in Glasgow would he be Scottish? He can be British, but not English. Lion King 01:32, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you some kind of unhinged right-wing fanatic by any chance? What's the logic behind your claim that he can be British but not English. Since when has "English" been an exclusively ethic description? 86.136.94.95 00:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
No, I'm not an unhinged right-wing fanatic. I resent this remark, and I respectfully ask you to retract it forthwith. Lion King 07:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I was asking a question rather than delivering an insult, but I can see how it could have caused offence, so I'm sorry if it did, and I'll clarify my words. The reason I asked was because you seemed to deny the possibility that he could be English while also of Greek Cypriot origin. If he came to England at the age of six and has lived and worked here ever since, isn't he English? It's a tendency of right-wing fanatics in England to deny the possibility that you can become English if you started off as something else, even if you've spent nearly your whole life living and working in England. Such people tend to use words like "English" as if they denoted an exclusively ethnic trait rather than a primarily or wholly cultural one. I say unhinged because unlike most right-wing fanatics (e.g., the BNP), you seem happy to accept that he could become British in the way that I think he could become English. This strikes me as bizarre, unless you're going by strict legal definitions, in which case it's true that you can acquire British citizenship, but Englishness has no legal status because England is a country within the UK and not an independent state. I'm not sure if this is what you meant, and if you were taking that line, it doesn't make you an unhinged right-wing fanatic, but I do think it's a bad line to take because if we give a general description of someone's nationality, we're more likely to be talking about their cultural background than what it says in their passport. 86.136.94.95 15:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Oi vay! Drai mir nit kain kop! Farshtaist? Lion King 16:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Ay-yi-yi! Oi vay iz mir! Meshugeh ahf toit! Farblondzhet.... 86.136.94.95 19:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
A deigeh hob ich, fardrai zich dem kop! Lion King 22:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Ech, genug iz genug! A sof, gai feifen ahfen yam! Es macht mir nit oys. Oi vay! 86.136.94.95 03:09 ב׳ בְּאֱלוּל תשס״ו (UTC)
A sof! A sof! Alaichem sholom. Lion King 11:39, 26 August 2006 (UTC)