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To: NZerFromHK
Yes, we do seem to be in a bit of a slump - character-wise.

I haven't lived in Britain for more than twenty years, but I am sure MadIvan will know if there are any up and coming hopefuls.

53 posted on 03/04/2005 4:25:51 PM PST by Churchillspirit (Anaheim Angels - 2002 World Series Champions)
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To: Churchillspirit

This is one of the problems with the modern West: pendulums of culture swing wilder in Britain, Europe than the US. The older generation of high culture with icons like Elgar, George Bernard Shaw, or Rudyard Kipling gave way to today's OASIS or even Queen (the band).

Where is the traditional genetlmanly manners we see in the public schools and Oxbridge? We in the rest of the world want the manners back as national psyche of contemporary Britain.


54 posted on 03/04/2005 4:31:16 PM PST by NZerFromHK ("US libs...hypocritical, naive, pompous...if US falls it will be because of these" - Tao Kit (HK))
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