Tuesday 27 April 2010

St George looks ahead in dismay

I wonder what Saint George would make of today’s typical native Englishmen? We have swung from my teenage memories of 1950s, for the most part, self respect in dress and manners to the 2010 slob-like indifference so often displayed today. The universal uniform of today is the shrunken and wrinkled tee-shirt, scruffy jeans, and grubby trainers worn by young and not so young alike. The same dreary uniform is often worn for work and also for special occasions. Enthusiasm is limited to a media-boosted hysterical frenzy at all aspects of football or of televised celebrity culture and of youngsters seeking instant TV stardom. Indifference and cynicism is the rule of the day and seems to be rife throughout society. Many are no longer feeling intensely shocked and disgusted at the vile actions of fellow citizens. What has happened to us all, don’t we care about anything any more?

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