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Because this is the only place where I can be long and rambling without "getting it".
Many years ago the famous conductor Thomas Beecham found that he could not continue with a recording rehearsal because the rain on the roof could be heard. So he filled in the time with a few jokes - mainly about himself. One of the jokes was concerned with the 1953 British soccer cup final between Blackpool and Bolton. When he had publicly remarked that he was delighted that Blackpool had won he was reminded that he was the Chairman of the Bolton Wanderers Football Club! He replied that he was divided, heart and soul: his heart was with the winners but his soul was with the losers.
I felt rather the same way yesterday with a Euroleague qualifying match between Israel and England in Tel-Aviv. Were my sympathies to be with my Alma Mater or with my Alma Pater, with the team of my Motherland or the team of the Land of my Fathers?
I must be one of the very few people both in Israel and in England who is delighted with the dismal result: a goaless draw. (On the other hand, I suppose I was also in a position to be delighted with the result if either side had won.)
Sitting on the fence is a pain in the butt.
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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