tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post7439094085143162857..comments2024-01-29T00:00:28.464+02:00Comments on MunteanUK: Witty bits from what I learned in the UK (10) [Vorbe de duh din ce am învăţat în UK]MunteanUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-54750986508134720942010-07-25T19:05:45.097+03:002010-07-25T19:05:45.097+03:00very interesting...
I heard these days that more a...very interesting...<br />I heard these days that more and more Britons buy houses in France because they are much cheaper than in UK...<br />C.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-39369586864241395122009-08-03T13:37:52.997+03:002009-08-03T13:37:52.997+03:00Only three little notes, my friend:
1) Of course...Only three little notes, my friend: <br /><br />1) Of course you could never 'Francify' the British culture... and, if I were to add a mean remark, you don't need the French to spoilt Britishness.<br /><br />Political correctness, along with this dreadful aggressive atheism, hedonism, consumerist work very well at destroying British values.<br /><br />***<br /><br />2) It was 'profitable' to work in the UK for several months (years) when the pound was strong, and the economy booming.<br /><br />Some wise French - and having tough stomachs, able to cope with Brit food :-) - took this opportunity, as well as Poles, Lithuanians, Czechs & Slovaks etc. <br /><br />For many, it's high time they went back, not necessarily because things spectacularly improved in their own countries, but because the UK's economy is getting worse. <br /><br />Moreover, although I liked the sense of 'freedom' that Britain gave me, I guess that little by little, people will start not feeling so much at ease with so many CCTVs, stupid politically correct rules, anti-terror + anti-pig flue hysteria...<br /><br />***<br /><br />3) Indeed, there are entire communities + monasteies int the Catholic world that came back 'Home', within the Orthodox Church.<br /><br />Addinionally, Russian + Romanian Orthodox diaspora in France are far stronger than in the UK, and little by little they have a positive influence on those who really look for the true meaning of life.<br /><br />I wish I could say the same about the Greek diaspora in the UK. Of course that - thanks to people like Fr Raphael in Edinburgh or to the Greek Orthodox Community in Brighton - Greek Orthodoxy is alive in the UK. <br /><br />Sadly - I wish I'm wrong in my assumption - many Greeks in the UK seemed to me 'secularised' & indifferent to the core message of Orthodoxy. Church life is part of Greek identity, yet I doubt that many people still truly 'live by their faith'. <br /><br />Obviously, I came across some wonderful exceptions in Brighton & Edinburgh, but generally, many people are not living up to what Christ wanted us to be...<br /><br />...and it would be hypocritucal to blame others. I guess teh problem starts with each of us. I so much wish I'd live my faith to the full, in every circumstance of life. <br /><br />I wish I prayed more & 'thought, analysed, judged' less, I wish I read less & went more often to Church, I wish I fought my sins & shortcomings with more determination!<br /><br />Both you and I are bloggers and keen observers of the world we live in... if only we could analyse at least as attentively our own souls as we analyse the outer world!MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-62001190774320496062009-07-28T12:26:39.110+03:002009-07-28T12:26:39.110+03:00'And – possibly to my friend’s dismay :-) – I ...'And – possibly to my friend’s dismay :-) – I must state that most of these French people seemed to enjoy being in the UK.'<br /><br />Au Contraire mon ami. I only make the point that the French relationship between the state and the population seems to me to be a better model of liberty than the American model, which the British media treats as a blueprint for a utopian society.<br /><br />One of my objections to this is that it is based on the neo-liberal Hayekian view of economics and politics, which is the mirror image of Marxism. Whilst it inverts the Marxian view of ownership, it still thinks that an economic system can change people's hearts and souls, when in fact it is only God who can do that. <br /><br />Subsequently, I do not think it would be desirable or remotely possible to 'Francify' British culture, though they do demonstrate some trends which could also be seen from Britain's own history.<br /><br />I had heard before that there are large numbers of French immigrants to London, and I am not surprised, because there are short-term benefits of working in a country with a liberalised economy. Yet, as you yourself say:<br /><br />'None had clear plans about how much they would stay in this country'<br /><br />Even the Poles are flocking back to their own country in the recession.<br /><br />I would add that I have never been in France, so aside from looking at quantifiable statistics, there is no way for me to know what it is like to live in, though I have seen statistics stating that Brits are surprisingly open to other cultures than the French are. <br /><br />Of course, French multiculturalism has not always been so successful. Yet I feel (though I may be wrong about this) that the Roman Catholic Church is on the verge of implosion. Once our Edinburgh community was visited by a French pilgrim who said that his entire congregation became Orthodox. As King David articulated it we search for God as in a desert. Yet they see their corrupt 'infallible' leaders and the devil persuades them to turn from Christ, yet they feel their distant roots to the true faith as it was in pre-Medieval France. St Martin is one of my faourite Saints for his humility. <br /><br />I hope that things are well with yourself an Georgina. I attended my first Orthodox funeral yesterday. It was very touching; an old lady I used to visit.Gregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729641571904025752noreply@blogger.com