Irksome
Spotted a meme-y thing going around Facebook on the lines of 'only Britain doesn't have an Independence Day because they were what everyone else was seeking independence from'.
Ahem.
Okay, the UK's sins of imperialism were numerous and gross, but they were hardly the only power from which independence was being sought.
I suppose the situation is complicated by the various European nations that won their independence from Other European Nations at some point in their history - e.g. Belgium - and therefore celebrate that.
However, there are some nations that were never ground beneath the heel of some other nation, or at least not for many centuries, and I'm pretty sure UK is not the only one without an independence day.
I suppose Bastille Day could be considered Independence from Monarchical Tyranny Day? This entry was originally posted at http://oursin.dreamwidth.org/2401356.html. Please comment there using OpenID. View
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