am i the only one who hopes

[perthperson]

New balls please

[ronaldo]

i know. was just saying that. what happened to the light heartedness of efest.

think since the dust has settled from T, theres not many funny threads anymore.

still keep coming on though cos it makes work go a little faster

[worm]

don't you mean Welsh-ness is a cultural identity rather than an ethnic one?

[Kowalski]

I think Nadal is now the only player in the top 10 that Murray hasn't beaten?

[worm]

I think Nadal is now the only player in the top 10 that Murray hasn't beaten?

[worm]

Global Warning

So you reckon he predicted global warming...

[Radar]

No, it's a national one.

[worm]

Care to explain that hypothesis?

[DrDoolittle]

anyone looking forward to the us open or whatever they call it? is he in with a chance?

[oafc0000]

Yes.

Edited August 5, 2008 by oafc0000

[worm]

I'm going. Got tickets for mens final @ Flushing Meadow on the 7th September. Cant wait.

[DrDoolittle]

Interesting.

How is Murray seeded for the US Open?

[DrDoolittle]

We'll be expecting details.

[Radar]

Wales is a national boundary (man made). It isn't an authentic cultural one.

Edited August 5, 2008 by Radar

[worm]

So you're denying the existence of a uniquely Welsh culture? I admit it is *similar* to other Celtic cultures but it has its own literature, dress, customs, language, what more do you want?

Edited August 5, 2008 by worm

[oafc0000]

Yes. There are many different cultures that exist within Wales as they do everywhere else. But to put assimilate it unto a flag alongside a written canon of idealised nationalist literature and heritage does not make them authentic.

[oafc0000]

No there isn't. There is a stereotype, a foiled history and a narrative of nationalism tied to a region of Wales, but this is not an authentic culture in any shape or form.

[worm]

What a load of bollox

Edited August 5, 2008 by worm

[Radar]

Yes. There are many different cultures that exist within Wales as they do everywhere else. But to assimilate this unto a flag alongside a written canon of idealised nationalist literature and heritage does not make them authentic to that region.

No there isn't. There is a stereotype, a foiled history and a narrative of nationalism tied to a region of Wales, but this is not an authentic culture in any shape or form.

[worm]

Ok what would you say is a authentic culture...and what makes it an authentic culture...

[oafc0000]

I thought you'd stopped talking to me?

Have you read any nationalist literature? It's packed full of mythology, stereotypes and foils. Let me ask this, what society is so big that it comes to be contained equally throughout one entire region unaffected by any other region?

[sifi]

yeha just had a wee nip over to TITP forum for a laugh. Read some of the peeing everywhere/why is there so many neds stuff bit more lighthearted for a Tuesday afternono than the creation of the world and whatever else snoozefest going on in this thread

[worm]

there is a Welsh culture

[sifi]

Have you read any nationalist literature? It's packed full of mythology, stereotypes and foils. Let me ask this, what society is so big that it comes to be contained equally throughout one entire region unaffected by any other region?

Edited August 5, 2008 by sifimaster

[Radar]

In short, a spread of ideology from a centrality to a periphery defining the shape of urban environments in its own image as it unfolds outward towards another culture.