Understood. Diluted was a poor choice of wording. In retrospect I would have
probably taken exception as well if directed towards me.
Seamus
>From: Julian Lawton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Is this a quiz?
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 05:01:52 -0800
>
> > First off let me address that comment. In no way was that intended >as a
> >
> > barb, so relax a bit. My point was that curry is now a part of >British
> > culture.
>It was the comments about it being 'diluted' that caused offence - one
>of those words that always implies 'purity'. It questionable if there is
>a 'British' culture to be diluted anyway - it was regional before one
>nation under the BBC, and it looks like it's heading back that way. I
>mean the previous 'national dish', fish and chips, isn't that old itself
>- dates back to when people moved to the cities, really. Cricket on the
>village green? In the home counties and Yorkshire maybe. . .
>
>Which does make me think about the things we (mods, 60s enthusiasts,
>etc) tend to like about America tend to be the things that were regional
>in the US (Detroit and Chicago soul, West Coast psyche, New York/Warhol)
>- what we object to (along with most sane Americans) is homogenous
>'American' culture - MTV, Disney, McDonalds, etc . .
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