The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112368   Message #2381507
Posted By: mandotim
05-Jul-08 - 06:12 AM
Thread Name: The Weekly Walkabout
Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout
Okay, I've finally done it; I've read WAV's output on the web. All of it. I've even listened to his music. I felt I ought to, before passing an opinion that lots of posters seem to hold, without actually saying it.

WAV, your notions of an idealistic 'English' culture which must be preserved at all costs are, to me, utterly repellent. The idea of separating cultures in the way you describe is precisely the excuse that was given for apartheid in South Africa. Your ideas on repatriation are very close to those initially put forward by Adolf Hitler, who talked about removing the stain of Judaism from the Aryan culture, and instituted a widespread programme to repress any culture that did not reflect his misguided notion of Aryanism.

(Incidentally, it's an instructive exercise to read WAV's outpourings, and substitute the word 'Aryan' for 'English'. )

As with almost all demagogues, you hold a set of views which in your mind are unchallengeable; after all, how could someone as well qualified, erudite and artistically gifted as you be wrong? It doesn't matter that your readers include some serious scholars, historians and brilliant performers; they don't agree with you, so they must be wrong.
I'm trying to refrain from offering a professional opinion on your state of mind, despite being qualified to do so. Suffice it to say that there are a number of clinical syndromes that describe your behaviour in some detail.

To those who contribute to WAV's threads; the psychological 'payoff' for this behaviour for the person concerned is the affirmation and attention provided by those who argue with WAV's views. The best thing to do to help WAV is to scrupulously ignore any and every provocative remark, idea or proposal. This may encourage him to get out from behind his computer persona and engage more meaning fully with the real world and people around him. Hopefully, in time, this will build a set of varied experiences and moderate some of his more extreme views. But I doubt it.

Finally; does anyone else suspect (as I do) that WAV is not actually English at all?

This is my last contribution to any of WAV's threads, but I hope the suggestion about ignoring him (for his own long-term wellbeing) is taken up.
Tim