Beach Ices at Praa Sands
Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....
Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms
Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....
Winter Sunset at Levant
A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....
Winter at Levant
The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....
Who else considers the repeated use of this title for some English Prince's wife a big kick in the knackers? I was horrified when I first heard it, and I still am now. It's bad enough living with a reminder of the English Prince's title, but to rub salt in Kernow's extensive wounds in more recent times is blatant disrespect, of the highest order. I'm sure this has been discussed many times before on these boards, but I've just got it on my mind right now. Perhaps we shouldn't get upset by it, because it's only a title awarded to an English person by English hierarchy - and what relevance does that have to Kernow? Maybe it's just the continued disrespect of Kernow by some of the English that gnaws on me the most.
It's obvious why England's power structure won't give up it's illegal hold on Kernow. It still wants to hand out nice little titles to its remaining privileged few..... titles which should, I suppose, make us Cornishmen feel 'grateful'......... or else controlled - probably the latter rather than the former. I for one object to these ongoing insults, and blatant disregard for our feelings - not to mention historical truth and justice. To all those in England believing Cornwall is a 'nice place to visit for holidays'; a place where you can sit and admire the 'quaintness' of the locals before returning to your particular form of reality east of the Tamar, think again. If you truly value Kernow, stand against the perception that it's simply a 'nice place to live' for retired English people; a nice place to associate English Royalty - with it's 'old fashioned ideals' and 'curious old stones'. Kernow needs you to support it's cause, and put an end to an ongoing legacy of insults.
English prince's wife - no, that's British prince's wife (though I suppose one might say that he is an English prince, a Scottish prince, a Welsh prince, and a N Ireland prince, etc)
English prince's title - no, that's British prince's title
English hierarchy - no, that's British hierarchy
England's power structure - no, that's Britain's power structure
retired English people - no, that's retired British people
Um...well actually England is in Britain so you can be an retired English person without that negating you being a retired British person too. And of course as we're talking a level of focus, once you've "zoomed in" past Britain as a whole there are nations on this island that differentiate themselves...and so it's perfectly valid for a Cornishman to be somewhat irked by the negative effect of English settlement...all without changing anyone status as a Briton.
This is exactly my viewpoint. Thanks Fooboo. England is the target of my objection since history tells us that English armies killed 1 in 9 of my people in order to control Kernow. What blood Cornishman could truly overlook that level of hurt and injustice to his forefathers. The blatant insults that I've spoken of go deeper than titles and names. The biggest insult from my viewpoint, is the continuing lack of historical acknowledgement by England - specifically. England can only be accountable for it's continued lack of concern for Kernow and the Cornish. England has to power to recognize it's destruction, which has caused a legacy of damage to Kernow and it's future. England must stop insulting Kernow, apologize for serious historical wrongs, and recognize it's LEGAL right to co-exist as a land of minority people - seperate from itself.
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