Phil Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On 24 Jul 2004, at 20:58, Christian M. Cepel wrote: | || For those of you who every so often like to get off into a session of || mutual back patting as you trash America... perhaps you should join || a || list for such. | | Have I missed something? I've noticed the RIAA coming in for a | bashing, and more generally the commercial music business. Maybe we | said some bad things about Microsoft, or even the bunch of politicians | currently running things in Washington, but they're all fair game. | Nothing to trigger such a paroxysm of defensive patriotism. It's | rather touching actually. I'm glad you love your country Christian; | you can feel good about that, because there's a lot to love about it. | | That kind of patriotism started to go out of favour over here after | the | first world war, when "My Country Right or Wrong" began to take on a | hollow ring. Your message made me wonder if I could stand up in | public | and say "I love the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern | Ireland". Not with a straight face I think. I could sing "The Bonny | Bunch of Roses" (or post the abc in this case). As far as I'm | concerned, it's the people I love, the way of life they have created, | and to a much lesser extent the institutions, laws and customs which | hold it all together. And I suppose if push came to shove I'd be | prepared to die to defend it all, and think my life well spent. | | But if you want to have a bash at Tony Blair, the Church of England or | the Performing Rights Society please feel free. I may or may not take | issue with you. Either way it won't ruffle my patriotic feathers.
Please do ! Please, please do have at bash at Tony Blair. As regards The Church of England - I don't think we should bring religion into a group discussion. Remember Magna Carta, Kevin. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
