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Ok, that?s it, I?ve had enough. This was the final straw for me.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/03/05/margaret-hodge-in-too-white-proms-row-89520-20340661/
A complaint by a MINISTER that the British Proms are TOO BRITISH.
On the television news last night, they even complained about the flag-waving during ?Land of Hope and Glory?. [b] [i] [u] WHAT?! [/b] [/i] [/u]
Now look. Application of common sense, please. We ARE British. Yes, we have other cultures in our midst, but we live in BRITAIN. We do not live in BritIndiPakiAfriZealandOzCanadAmericEU.
If someone comes over here to live from another country, they must think we?re a nice place to be. [b] AS IS [/b] Why do we have to change?
I have no objection to making certain allowances for other cultures/religions, and yes, I treat everyone equally regardless of race, religion, culture, gender etc., but surely the basis of people coming over here in the first place, is to [u] want [/u] to be here as it?s better than their original home. So why try to change it and make it INTO what/where they have left?
Have I lost the plot, here? ? No, don?t answer that.
Why do we have to have separate laws for separate cultures and religions? No matter what their origin, these people are now in BRITAIN. They are here for a reason ? it?s better than where they were, so why try to bring in differing statutes to the rest of us?
I?m not getting at any culture or religion (you know me better than that) but I just want to know ? if anyone cares to answer ? why we should let others decide what is [u] now[/u] to be considered British, and what isn?t.
Has my logic tilted, or am I looking at this all wrong? It?s actually ?us Brits? that I?m getting tee-ed off at, for allowing ourselves to be de-culturalised (is that a word?) in the first place.
This is the final straw, for me, in a long line of things that are appearing to de-British the British. It?s becoming a stupid country in which to live.
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Anyone over there want a lodger? (Clean, neat, tidy, house-trained, and can cook?)
GG
Edit: multi-tasking – can’t spell and rant at the same time….