IN HIS letter, ‘Our culture’s neglected’ of April 25, Roger Lack asks what is wrong with celebrating our own country? Mr Lack laments that St George’s wasn’t celebrated in the way he feels it should have been. Why would Mr Lack, who has shown disdain for migrants, want to celebrate a person born in Greece and whose mother was a Palestinian? He then takes a swipe at what he labels political correctness and in doing so he implies that celebrating anything English is not allowed, for fear of upsetting minority groups.
Is Mr Lack echoing the drivel one can expect to read in the editorials of the Mail, Sun and Express? There are festivals throughout the year where people can and do celebrate being English; the Proms, Trooping of the Colour - the list is endless. Is Mr Lack able to define his statement “celebrating our own country”?
Jennifer Morel, a pacifist, wrote this to the Imperial War Museum (date unknown), “The world is my country. I look forward to the day when there will be no frontiers. That’s my ideal world. The men and women of the world are my brothers and sisters. That’s the way I look at it. And there’s no class, colour or creed anywhere, no divisions at all. If I have any patriotism, then it is to the world and to the people in it, not to one country”.
MARTIN WEBB Swindon Road Swindon
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article