tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post2762471104273986105..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: WowChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-6564440687908753322012-07-31T17:14:30.435+01:002012-07-31T17:14:30.435+01:00Thats fine, I live with agreeing to disagree. Tho...Thats fine, I live with agreeing to disagree. Though I would have thought if there was to be an official language to the Olypics then it should be Greek.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-2883096134837639852012-07-30T08:31:12.766+01:002012-07-30T08:31:12.766+01:00Jim, I just think we're goin to have to disagr...Jim, I just think we're goin to have to disagree on this.<br /><br />You cannot fit everything into a ceremony like that one, and have to be careful about how you mention things like wars <br /><br />- though they weren't so oversensitive to German feelings not to include the music of "The flight of the Dambusters" to give just one example - <br /><br />but it did include a wide selection of key items from our history and the humour was very British.<br /><br />French is the official language of the Olympic movement - a legacy of their refounding by a Frenchman, though he was a self-confessed anglophile who said that he had incorporated British ideas of sport in the modern Olympic philosophy.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-31213421573844013532012-07-28T09:20:46.309+01:002012-07-28T09:20:46.309+01:00REALLY???????? Were we watching the same thing...REALLY???????? Were we watching the same thing???? Perhaps one channel must have had a different version of it to the one I saw. I agree with the bonkers bit, but that's it.<br /><br />"VERY BRITISH" eh?<br /><br />What did we learn about Britain from this ceremony? Well, we learned that the industrial revolution, the Victorians, the Suffragettes, two world wars, and the abolition of slavery all co-existed in the same time period. The Seven Years War never happened, nor did the American War of Independence. The battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo were just pretend too.<br /><br />We learned that the NHS are the same organisation as the CND, and that 90% of all children in England are black.<br /><br /><br />Then, we had the delight of hearing our own Queen, in our own country, be introduced in FRENCH before English. Then Royal Navy - yes, the same Royal Navy that has repeatedly put the French back in their place - and our national anthem are also introduced in French.... <br /><br />I have never seen a more left wing display of nonsense than this. Im so glad they spent £27 million, of public money to do it too.Jimnoreply@blogger.com