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virus: Other people's Nationalism
« on: 2003-02-10 13:12:03 » |
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" why is it that the worst extremes of jingoism and racialism have to be
tolerated when they come from an Irishman? Why is a statement like "My
country right or wrong" reprehensible if applied to England and worthy of
respect if applied to Ireland (or for that matter to India)? For there is no
doubt that some such convention exists and that "enlightened" opinion in
England can swallow even the most blatant nationalism so long as it is not
British nationalism. Poems like "Rule, Britannia!" or "Ye Mariners of
England" would be taken seriously if one inserted at the right places the
name of some foreign country, as one can see by the respect accorded to
various French and Russian war poets to-day."
George Orwell's review of Drums under the Windows by Sean O'Casey [ The
Observer, 28 October 1945]
http://www.ukpoliticsmisc.org.uk/usenet_evidence/orwell_ocasey.htm
This rare review by George Orwell has been uploaded to one of my websites.
It is worthy of a read.
Regards
Jonathan
http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/
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