You sound just like my grandfather who fought with the IRA in the 1916 uprising. He died in 1960 but I thought he had been reincarnated when I read your comment.
Clarification: I by no means, want to belittle the average Englishman, nor the achievements and contributions by the English over the centuries. I will forever take issue, however, with the continued propagation of lies and distortions among British historians and commentators over the years, while glossing over the atrocities committed by their own government abroad.