<HTML>Mattcarps wrote:
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> 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.
What is wrong with "Buying British"? Charity begins at home, remember?
>
> > 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.
It can do, yes. But so can most other things.
>
> > 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.
I didn't see this Brass Eye, but I loved the previous series. I do not agree with everything the Mail says.
>
> > 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,
>
> Matt.
Make sure your house is on a geomagnetic grid...repairs and building an extension will be that so much easier...
Best Regards,
Dave</HTML>
