Olympic Conclusions

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But you get what I'm driving at don't you, and we can't get there unless we are all part of the whole. All this talk of celebrating one set over another or focussing attention to this or that just perpetuates the differences, it's time we dropped it.

[size=1em]I disagree celebrating our multi-cultural society is about bring all together, it should be about opening up cultures, learning about each other and coming together. 

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[size=1em]I look at America and see the greatest amount of ethnic diversity on earth, yet when the band plays they all are proud to be an 'American'.[/size]

I look at America and see the richest nation in the world, with the biggest gap between rich and poor, a country that can't even provide basic health care and where many minorities live in ghettos.  I see a country that displays dangerous levels of patriotism and marginalises anybody who dares to take a stand or speak the truth "you are either with us or against us" - George W Bush.

Lets not take any lessons from the USA.

[size=1em]Britain has an established culture, and similarly all are invited to share in it and be proud of it.[/size]

Cultures are not set in stone, they are constantly evolving, immigration is part of that evolution. I welcome cultural progress.    As for being British, no thank-you, I'm looking forward to our referendum in 2014.  I'm Scottish first, European second, and British last, and well done to those Scottish and Welsh athletes who refused to sing God Save the Queen!