The new versions of persecution....is it worse to be physically or mentally abused?

Was is it with persecution? Or any persecution? The latest in England, other than the obvious against Christians, is against the English supporting the English football team in the World Cup. No England football shirts in certain pubs, no showing the England matches in certain pubs in case the foreigners (who from what I gather) aren't bothered because they know they aren't English in England and have no problems with English people being English. Why is it? It is beyond ridiculous. England is England. Lets face it. We have a right to be English. Like if we 'took over' Brasil or somewhere, they wouldn't feel the need to not be Brasilian - they wouldn't stop doing the dances or speaking the language or sporting the flag. It's ok, really!!

And the other thing is Christian persecution. Seriously boys, it isn't the way to make friends. TheTempted had a gig tonight, 2nd on out of 4 bands. And they were amazing. Bloody brilliant. And the next band knew they weren't as good. So in between songs they took the piss out of The Tempted and slagged them off as much as possible. Not cool, guys. Why do people do it? Why do they have this 'thing' against Christians? I know how hard it is for me to get through the day. How do people who don't know God's grace get through it? And why do they insist on slagging off good musicians, just because they promote the gospel, while being fabulous musicians? I don't get it. I'll take it. I love seeing TheTempted perform, partly because I wish I could be that open about my faith. I will never deny what I believe but sometimes I don't have the guts to stand up and say what I believe. I hate that. Why is that? Why should I be ashamed of what I believe in? I don't think I am. I know that God loves me and I love Him. So why don't I share it with people?