Re: Our Sacred Land | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

Rhiannon Sep 6, 2011 06:30:13

Replying to GLADMAN

Sorry, I'm not sure what your argument is there, Gladman. It sounds along the lines of - The brave people of this country tramped across land that actually belonged to other richer people. That was Good, because the land is Ours and the land is Sacred. People from other countries flock to get in, because our country is naturally better than theirs. This was Bad, because the land is rightfully ours and we shouldn't let other people live here. By god, we fought the Nazis for it etc. The black youths who live in the cities (I'm not sure how many generations you have to live here before you're not an immigrant any more??) have a bad attitude and like being stupid. This is bad. But it's not about race though. They should assimilate and have the same attitudes and thoughts as the Good Indigenous people have (well, as I have). They should visit prehistoric sites in the countryside and it would do them good. The fact that they do not is further proof of their inappropriateness for living in this glorious land.

I might have misinterpreted you :)

drewbhoy Sep 6, 2011 10:22:39

Replying to Rhiannon

Agreed Rhiannon, just listened to something on Radio Scotland about kids from Glasgow visiting the countryside. For some it was the first time they had seen a cow, pig etc etc. Many people who live in urban centres simply do not have the chance to see the countryside so they are hardly likely to visit ancient monuments. Any chance to educate people about the countryside should be taken, then they might just look after it properly.

GLADMAN Sep 6, 2011 19:20:57

Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:

I might have misinterpreted you :)

Thanks. I feel ten times worse now than I did last night, but guess I should have seen it coming. Mine was just a plea coming in from a night out in a pensive state of mind - OK a folorn, plaintive, pathetic, completely naive and unrealistic plea - to one day live in an England where people don't smash up my - hell, their - town, intimidate my parents, make it damn unsafe sometimes to walk down the street.

Just a cry for the inhabitants of this island to sort out the mess that has been created allowing the above to happen. To encourage those children who may well feel they have no roots here that there is another way other than nihilism. To learn to respect their home through learning about it's past. Isn't that supposed to be a prerequisite for any community to move forward? However there are some things which clearly cannot be discussed without the inevitable implications of racism. What was I thinking?