Re: speaking of "high fashion" ...

posted by [identity profile] mmoa.livejournal.com at 11:02pm on 31/08/2006
EDIT: Oh yes, the offical church thing... maybe except for Poland.
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Re: speaking of "high fashion" ...

posted by [identity profile] mmoa.livejournal.com at 11:02pm on 31/08/2006
And I wonder what sort of equivalent I could make for the Middle East?

Damn, you've got me started now.
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posted by [identity profile] ekzept.livejournal.com at 11:36pm on 31/08/2006
yeah.

if a country's monarchy has been around long enough to be the subject of extensive scholarly study -- and the scholars aren't killed for their conclusions -- i think it's sufficiently neutered to be safe.

Britain, lucky or not, has seen civil wars fought over religion and some folks there remember that. i think that's enough to discourage people from taking it too seriously.

but Cromwell was complicated.

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posted by [identity profile] mmoa.livejournal.com at 11:46pm on 31/08/2006
That damn Cromwell...

*snip-snip* is all it takes. And even dead scholars/critics are useful. Look at Chaucer, after all.

Britain, lucky or not, has seen civil wars fought over religion and some folks there remember that. i think that's enough to discourage people from taking it too seriously.

Exactly. Patriotism finally went out after the 'Great War' and by then it had been too late for religion. As for our amazing ability to bear grudges, take a call at any London pub at around 11:30 pm and I swear there's ome old... man who actually fought at the battles themselves *sighs*. Apprently it's worse in Scotland.
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