Our lost heroes (From York Press)
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Our lost heroes
10:02am Tuesday 30th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
HOW times change! At one time the British people used to hero worship people such as Winston Churchill, Florence Nightingale, Battle of Britain pilots, Lord Baden Powell, Captain Scott of the Antarctic and the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon.
Now young peoples’ heroes are Simon Cowell, Wayne Rooney, Cheryl Cole, One Direction, ex-drug addict Russell Brand, and even X Factor runners up.
What has happened to the “Great” in Britain?
Jason Westwood, Hamilton Drive West, Holgate, York.
Comments(4)
Zetkin
says...
11:19am Tue 30 Oct 12
The "Great" refers to the size of the island, not to the imagined qualities of its inhabitants.
Firedrake
says...
11:57am Tue 30 Oct 12
Buzz Light-year
says...
10:34pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Zetkin wrote:Took the words right out of my fingers.
OK, I'll bite. The "Great" refers to the size of the island, not to the imagined qualities of its inhabitants.
The "Great" in Great Britain is still there, it hasn't gone away - Scottish independence hopes notwithstanding.
People who tend to use the stupid "let's put the Great back into Great Britain" idiom tend to be misguided UKIP types.
By the same logic, is Greater Manchester being really arrogant?
Despairing Yorkie says...
11:11am Tue 30 Oct 12