Why are they all so worried about upsetting the Germans? When the French
government let the Germans drive their tanks down the Champs Elysee for a
Bastille day celebration a few years back, there were French who were upset
about it-but not many others who were!
Is it because they worry about 'German agrression'? In a 'unified Europe'?
Well, the way to handle bullies certainly isn't to kowtow to them! The Brits
are acting not so much like politically correct as they are acting like an
abused wife who wants to keep the peace with an abusive husband! I am shocked!
I'll dress up in a RAF uniform and drive onto the field myself!
Laura G. (The 'G' stands for 'Guts & Glory'!)
>
>From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
>Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:03:13 -0700
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
>
>
>If the Germans are going to get upset over such a trivial thing as that they
>shouldn't have started the war in the first place! Maybe Keith Allen should
>have used a TRIUMPH Spitfire instead. :-)
>
>Reid
>'79 Spitfire (original owner)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dean Dashwood [mailto:Dean.Dashwood@enron.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:40 AM
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
>
>
>And another "Only in Britain" story - this time of political correctness
>gone a
>little bit mad. With Euro 2000 (the European soccer championships) only a
>few
>months away, the video for England's official theme song has been "censored"
>by
>the Football Association.
>
>Fat Les (whose unoffical anthem, Vindaloo, was far more popular than the
>offical
>song during the World Cup in 1998) are due to release their version of
>"Jerusalem" in just a few weeks - but the FA have asked that certain scenese
>be
>removed from the video - including shots of Fat Les founder Keith Allen
>dressed
>up as a WWII ace flying a Spitfire! Apparently, they think it will upset
>the
>Germans. And I thought that was the whole idea! Come on England!
>
>Dean
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>
>
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:30:48 +0100
>From: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
>
>Today the Queen opened a new bridge, the first purely pedestrian bridge to
>be built across the River Thames in over a century.
>
>So what, you say?
>
>I'm sure it could *only* happen in Britain - the bridge isn't finished!!! So
>far it only goes 3/4 of the way across!
>
>I know we have a reputation for eccentricity but surely ....
>
>Suzie
>
>PS. It seems Phoenix have bought Rover for £10 - why didn't they ask me? I'm
>sure I'd have found a spare tenner if that's all they wanted ;-)
>
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