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NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/10/2008 12:41:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DomKen
The politics are a reprieve from the dreary mess here
The Democrat contest is receiving a good write up over here. It's farcical in some respects, perhaps, but at least it's generating interest; political commentators over here are craving interest in politics because so many people have given up on the democratic process and have no faith in their vote making any diffference whatsoever. The politics may be dreary over there - I wouldn't know - but every cloud has a silver lining, as demonstrated by our political commentators looking on enviously at the interest being generated.
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ORIGINAL: DomKen
British pubs
I suppose you'd have to place this in the context of the culture. While we have clubs for just about everything, the pub is where we really come alive and morph from private, home-orientated individuals into social animals.
In terms of sport obsessed, the amount of sports played and watched over here is phenomenal, but I suppose that is only to be expected by a nation obsessed with games - hence the exporting of many of our sports, and off-shoot sports, around the world.
In terms of the rough guide criticisms:
Self-important? I'd agree with this.
Insular? in some respects, but the English tend to be quite knowledgable with regard to world affairs so a blanket statement doesn't quite add up. I think the authors are confusing indifference to foreigners and being insular.
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