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] Date Posted: 17:45:38 01/06/05 Thu In reply to: Ed Harris (London) 's message, "Look here, old boy..." on 16:32:40 01/06/05 Thu "It's quite simple, really. Hypocrisy doesn't enter into it." "If you define yourself as British, you'll want the Union Flag. If you define yourself as Scottish, then naturally you'll want St Andrew's saltire draped on public buildings." And if you define yourself as European etc etc That's what I mean. One or two people actually do. I consider myself "European", but not in that sense. I am culturally European, but I don't support the EU. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:10:48 01/06/05 Thu I would say that I am European by race and geography only. I don't think that there is a European culture - rather lots of cultures which, through proximity, have more in common than they do with cultures which evolved far away. A Spaniard has more culturally in common with a Dane than he does with a Thai, but this does not mean that he has the same culture as a Dane. What the FCS is about is uniting four countries whose cultures are so close as to make them virtually identical: not exactly identical, of course, but more similar than, say, British culture with Greek culture. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: andrew [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:19:25 01/06/05 Thu "I would say that I am European by race and geography only. I don't think that there is a European culture - rather lots of cultures which, through proximity, have more in common than they do with cultures which evolved far away. A Spaniard has more culturally in common with a Dane than he does with a Thai, but this does not mean that he has the same culture as a Dane. " I don't think there is either. But I think it is mythological to talk about much of a Commonwealth culture these days, if it's there it's insubstantial. British culture? Well they've tried their damndest to create one... but all I see is a BBC which fills its comedy shows with anti-Welsh jokes, and stereotyped Scots, not to mention various English "provincials" being similarly portrayed in the media. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |