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Moon Cat
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Re: It's really gonna kick off (well....maybe)
Oct 23, 2009, 15:30
grufty jim wrote:
Moon Cat wrote:
Incidentally, what did you make of that group of generals speaking out against Griffin and the BNP for appropriating British military imagery and history for their own promotional use? Personally, I thought that was quite a kick in the nuts for Griffin and all these BNP goon that reference things like Waterloo and Trafalgar as the epitome of 'Great Britishness'.

My views on that probably wouldn't go down well with everyone (there's a surprise). Let's just say I don't see quite as large a gulf between the armed forces and where the BNP is coming from than the generals might. Despite the obvious contradictions (men from India fighting in the trenches, Polish spitfire pilots, etc.) the same kind of nationalist psychology that finds solace in the BNP is also given voice by militarism.

But that's a whole 'nother discussion.


Indeed and I take your point But, surely can it not at least represent a slight glass-half full moment? A small victory of sorts? The generals actions do, after all, serve to further discredit Griffin and his mob and it's coming from a source that you rather expect the BNP would really like onside.
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