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Ed Harris (London)
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Date Posted: 18:10:48 01/06/05 Thu
In reply to: andrew 's message, "europeanis" on 17:45:38 01/06/05 Thu
 I would say that I am European by race and geography only. I don't think that there is a European culture - rather lots of cultures which, through proximity, have more in common than they do with cultures which evolved far away. A Spaniard has more culturally in common with a Dane than he does with a Thai, but this does not mean that he has the same culture as a Dane.

What the FCS is about is uniting four countries whose cultures are so close as to make them virtually identical: not exactly identical, of course, but more similar than, say, British culture with Greek culture.
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Date Posted: 18:19:25 01/06/05 Thu
"I would say that I am European by race and geography only. I don't think that there is a European culture - rather lots of cultures which, through proximity, have more in common than they do with cultures which evolved far away. A Spaniard has more culturally in common with a Dane than he does with a Thai, but this does not mean that he has the same culture as a Dane. "

I don't think there is either. But I think it is mythological to talk about much of a Commonwealth culture these days, if it's there it's insubstantial. British culture? Well they've tried their damndest to create one... but all I see is a BBC which fills its comedy shows with anti-Welsh jokes, and stereotyped Scots, not to mention various English "provincials" being similarly portrayed in the media.

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