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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="PT-BR">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 14 February 2009 - Volume 07<br>
===========================================</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="PT-BR"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From: </span><span class="ep8xu"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Luc Hellinckx</span></span><span class="hccdpe"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span class="ldacoc"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
Subject: </span><span class="hccdpe"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">LL-L "Anthems"</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Beste Ron,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You wrote:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">True. But I was trying to edge toward the
compassionate, positive angle by suggesting that at least in theory the people
of England seem to be coming out short in the current deal: they still look
like the conquerors and in the process lose the official identity of their own
country.</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">
<br></span></span></p><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">The Isle of Britain has come a long way since World War II, especially lately.
Among other things, </span>Wales<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
and </span>Scotland<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
have been undergoing political emancipation (which has been called
"devolution"), and their cultures and languages are being openly celebrated. </span></span></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">
</span></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
Historical conquests aside, the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of </span>England<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
deserves just as much celebration. I see nothing odious in this, as
long as the people of </span>England<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
do not regard theirs as being superior to those of other countries.</span></span></span></div>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All this
talk about anthems in England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is making me wonder.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Earlier
this week, Dutch politician Wilders was refused entrance to the UK, when he
landed in Heathrow. Suppose he would fly to Edinburgh next week, would he be
automatically refused again? Or do the Scottish customs have autonomous
authority regarding their territory? This is just a technical question I'm
asking, I have no intention to discuss Wilders' ideas.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kind
greetings,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Luc
Hellinckx</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>