When people invoke Godwins Law, a thread has already gone too far overboard. Nobody should compare the murder of 10 million people to the right to hunt this animal or that animal with this weapon or that weapon. Sorry BCUK, Ive been here 2 days and I'm disappointed.
I'm not surprised, I've been here a lot longer and I'm very disappointed.
Please don't take it as an example of usual behaviour.
As for ancient indigenous skills, that is something my work is very involved with, but the problem is always at which point do you draw the line and say something is native.
Before new ageism?
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Before post war immigration?
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Before the slave trade?
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Before the Norman conquest?
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How about the Viking and Saxon settlements?
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Or the Roman invasion?
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We could discuss "Celts" and Beaker people till the cows come home.
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Or Mesolithic post glacial colonisation?
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Heck, what about the Neanderthals?
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In my opinion British is about being all of these.
It is precisely this rich genetic and cultural soup that makes this nation the treasure it is.