<HTML>Dave Moore wrote:
> I utterly disagree with this. The Mail remember, took a
> leading roll in the Jamie Lawrence case. The Mail is not
> racist.
I never said that the Mail was a racist paper, I was merely pointing out that it inadvertantly encourages racist behaviour. It's campaigns of "Buy British" and suchlike encourage an anti- foreign view in society. Maybe it could be categorised as "jingoism", but, in my view, that is just another word for racism.
> If nationalism means pride and love in your country then that
> good. It also means respecting other countries. I think the
> UK is the best country in the world. Doesn't mean we can't
> learn from outher countries, e.g. Germany's healthcare
> system, the USA's FOIA act, and so on...
Well, I respect your honesty here. But I do not believe that there is such a thing as a "best" country. Every country has its good points and bad points. If people start to look at other countries and say theirs is a "better" country, then following from this, they say theirs is a better populace. It leads eventually to jingoism and, yes, racism.
> Actually, from the Mail's coverage, it has been very anti-
> Big Brother. Every other day there is an article by a
> pyschologist or a pyschriaist (sp?) against trashy TV like
> Big Brother.
Point taken. I rarely read the paper, but when I read the issue that stated that Brass Eye was the "Sickest TV Show Ever", the paper was reporting favourably on Big Brother.
> Well, if you think that way then perhaps you should leave.
> Mind you, the rate Blair is going, we're not going to have a
> country left.
Actually, I will be leaving for Italy in September to live there for a year. I can't wait.
Like your end comment. Shows you have more of a sense of humour than the Daily Mail.
Best Wishes,
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