Mmm, your president does seem to have quite a fascination with teats, doesn’t he? :)
Regardless, I imagine his comments did more to inflame the Brexiters than to encourage the Bremainers. But, as it happens, I too hope to remain. The worst part about it is that it’s based more or less purely on pragmatism rather than principle: the far-right government now in power will only use Brexit to lurch even further to the right, without our delightful, if meddlesome, friends in Brussels to prevent them by (undemocratically, it’s true) arriving at sensible and socially just policy decisions on the merits. The hypothetical independent state of Britain, in a climate of establishment neoliberalism and first-past-the-post voting, seems distantly unlikely. And as a believer in more EU unification in any event (Turkish parents), I can’t say I feel too bad about that. Better together, and all that jazz. :) Still, I do wonder what that hypothetical Britain, under the rule of a democratically elected liberal government, would look like. It’d be cosy, but would it make me happy? Initially, probably. Maybe we could make it work at the negotiating tables where decisions are made. But I’d feel bad for the other EU member states, and the project. We’d be turning away everything it, and all of the men, women and children in its member states, represent. My individualistic side says it makes no difference as long as I’m living in the exact same country; my squidgy insides say otherwise. No, the EU isn’t a utopia, but by remaining, at least we can fix its faults, which is something a lot of Brexiters seem completely reluctant to take any interest in doing. And maybe we can one day look forward to a truly united Europe. So maybe it is about principle, after all. :) Well, we shan’t have long to find out, at any rate. About eight hours, in fact. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
