In Reply to: Re: We have an automatic inherent advantage,... posted by plantsman on March 29, 2007 at 14:09:08:
Are those "cultural continuities" elements that naturally rise from each culture, or are they by-products of values presented by the media as being "expected" of citizens?...I would be interested as to your view of what constitutes those cultural continuities...
Although our media likes to feel that it defines reactions and attitudes, my experience is that reactions and attitudes in the UK are more often shaped by discussions in pubs, where sometimes unexpected perspectives may be delivered by some old codger (who may have sailed on the Murmansk convoys in WWII and lost the majority of his close friends in the process, etc) who HAS, in fact, "seen it all"...
Our pubs vary greatly both in character and who uses them, with the obvious consequence that pubs in areas with a strong sense of "community" tend to reflect those characteristics, whilst (city-based?) pubs that exist purely for a reasonably pleasant thirst-quencher at lunch-time or before going home tend to have rather different characters...
When the barmaids know both you and your dog by name, ask whether you want "Your usual?" and do indeed serve good beer, then IMO that is likely to be a "pub" worthy of the name...
Bill.
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