Thread: Brown proposes "England totally rawkz!" day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4611682.stm

I really don't think this can work. I mean, Britain is so naturally multi-cultural and multi-religious that there can't possibly a form of celebration that accomodates everything. And if we go ahead with a "white St George's" type day, it's going to piss a LOT of people off. And rightly so.

why do you get to say that it is "rightly so"

OMG Push off Lemon

Theo

pushes off and sails the ocean blue

8)

Of course it's rightly so. I read somewhere that Britain's population is about 38% non-white. I think it's more than that, but still.. if we only do a "white St-Georges" style celebration, we essentially ignore those approx. 40% of BRITISH citizens.

oh, i thought you were for it, and thus my first reply ... lol, my bad


well, its good that it wont recognize the other 40%. that gets people mad, and then changes happen, which may be good 8)

I like the idea of a British Celebration Day. I just don't think there's a way it can work.

what excatly is the proposition for this holiday?

What do you mean?

well, i didnt read it, so i asked...

but then i read it after your post, and then found out about it.

"we need a(nother) day for us politicans to sit back and relax"