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Thread #111493   Message #2350006
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
27-May-08 - 07:42 AM
Thread Name: 'English Country Dances', Please
Subject: RE: 'English Country Dances', Please
but Scotland is not England

Indeed, they are but geographical & political regions of the United Kingdom with any amount of common ground in terms of culture and humanity, as the one thing bleeds into the other by dint of both history and proximity. Personally, I regard the differences as enrichments to the commonality which is far greater & more complex than your somewhat myopic vision on such matters might presently discern or give you right to comment upon.

Once again you attach too great a significance to folk culture, which is perhaps too conveniently national for your grubbily divisive ends. The majority of people, however, are elsewhere entirely, reaping the benefits of the global village whilst quietly consigning their traditional songs & dances to the museum in which they belong. Even those who value the various aspects of folk culture acknowledge that they are but a tiny minority who do so out of a very particular passion that is most assuredly the exception that proves the rule.