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GUEST,JM 'English Country Dances', Please (315* d) RE: 'English Country Dances', Please 29 May 08


And further to what Sedayne wrote above, WAV, this is why you are a racist whether you believe yourself to be one or not.

'Racism' means to discriminate on the grounds of race (and not the rather fuzzy definition you offered recently). By telling people that they should or should not do things based purely on where they were born is a patently un-helpful, flawed and (yes...) racist thing to do. I do not choose to dance Morris or play English tunes, or eat roast dinner because of where I was born. I do these things because a) my best friends dance with me and I like their company and going to places to do something together, b) I like the tunes and c) it tastes nice and is a pleasant thing to do with your family and friends on a Sunday.

Unlike some posters on this thread, I don't care that you spent your formative years in Australia - you are welcome here and I am genuinely pleased that you want to take an interest in English traditions, but you have massively misunderstood the motivation behind them.


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