""Subject: RE: BS: Nick Griffin to stand in Oldham by-elect
From: Brian May - PM
Date: 17 Dec 10 - 01:02 PM

"Loss of our heritage"

I don't know what it means to Nick Griffin, but I do know what it means to me.""

Do you really Brian.

Perhaps you would tell me to which heritage you refer?


The Pict, Scot, or Celt heritage?
The Jute heritage?
The Angle heritage?
The Dane heritage?
The Viking heritage?
The Saxon heritage?
The Roman heritage?
The Norman heritage?
The Dutch heritage?
The German heritage?

Forget about Akenaton's rather transparent red herring, because it doesn't matter how or why they arrived. What matters is that we assimilated them.

Our language is primarily composed of Latin and Greek derived words, with a smattering of all the other languages.

We don't speak French, so we must have assimilated the Normans into our culture, not vice versa, and even Dutch and German imported monarchs adapted to our culture.

Our whole history is one of adaptation and change, and we are arguably the stronger for it. The current situation is merely a step along that road. By espousing or even entertaining the views of bigots, you give credence to their disruptive ideals.

Don T.