Comments on: BiLingo Victorious?

By: llan

llan — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:53:53 +0000

Dont want to be a perpetual optimist but there’s another couple of ways of looking at this:

1. “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win”. Our masters in England have ignored us for a very long time. They have always resented, disliked the Scots but the most they have ever felt for us is contempt; we werent worth hating. We have now officially arrived at “then they ridicule you”, that means we are one step away from winning. We are more than half way there.

2. Yeah sure our image in the English media isnt too hot at the moment, but i cant see how this is anything but a positive thing. In the first place it raises English awareness of the fact that we are different, we speak a different language and mostly, we have a different agenda here one that they might not like. If anything is going to keep the community and language killers away it will be a weekly story in the mail, sun and telegraph highlighting how different and racist we are. Secondly what we need in our country to bring us up to speed with the Scots is less fence sitting. The more they attack us (and any attack on any part of Wales, Welsh speaking or not, is seen by 90% of Welsh people as an attack on us all. There are very few Welsh people who buy this north and south, Cymraeg and English speaking divisive nonsense, it just so happens that those who do, the Billy Britains, are very vocal) the more people will be forced to chose between the status quo which sees us as the butt of every english joke or Welsh not British!

We live in ridiculously exciting political times. Look back over the last few years and see that the goal posts have moved so much theyre on another pitch. At worst, in a few years Wales will be part of a Federal State, at best a member of the UN (not that i’m a fan of that self serving gravy train but its a good bench mark).

I love your posts Jac, should be compulsory reading in Welsh (and English) schools, but we Welsh love to see the glass as seven eighths empty and its very difficult to get motivated enough to change when youre despondent and think the journey involves an uphill road through a wood you cant see for the trees, and a tunnel with no light at the end.

In adversity there is opportunity.

By: leigh richards

leigh richards — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:15:02 +0000

karen i dont believe any of the paras who murdered unarmed innocent people in derry in january 1972 were either welsh or welsh speakers……will you be reporting those murders to the ‘appropriate authorities’?

By: Welsh not British (@welshnotbritish)

Welsh not British (@welshnotbritish) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:56:10 +0000

In reply to karen. The problem in Wales is not between Welsh speakers and non Welsh speakers, it is between the people of Wales and their colonisers. BritNats like yourself will never understand how disgustingly hypocritical your brand of nationalism is.

By: karen

karen — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:27:05 +0000

In reply to David. If you know of any mis-deeds, including murder and theft, perpetrated by Welsh speaking soldiers, or indeed any other soldiers from Wales then I would urge you to contact the appropriate authorities.

By: D Morris

D Morris — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:03:02 +0000

In fact we can put Press TV to the test, report our concerns here http://www.presstv.ir/ureport/

By: D Morris

D Morris — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:59:06 +0000

For most of the last four years I’ve worked abroad and watched many foreign English language TV channels, one such TV channel that would publicise any anti-British subject would be the Iranian supported Press TV. This TV station often reports on issues that were never broadcasted on the BBC, reports about N Ireland, Scotland, rioting in English cities and I once seen a report on Cornish separatism.

I must admit I’ve never seen them reporting on Welsh concerns but I’m sure they would be only be too happy to sent their team down from London and publish Welsh nationalists anxieties if contacted.

Have a look here http://www.presstv.ir/section/351021802.html

By: Neilyn

Neilyn — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:49:48 +0000

No doubt, the next 2 years or so are going to provide the greatest opportunity of our lives to gain real international recognition and understanding of the situation in Wales, and thus to pressure the British/English establishment into making substantial moves to greater Welsh home-rule as the Scots head towards the polls, whilst simultaneously pressurising the Welsh Government to take the necessary steps, once and for all, to putting in place the synergistic policies that Wales so desperately needs for a viable, sustainable, Welsh national future.

Russia Today put the approval of the Scottish referendum by Westminster at the top of it’s (6 o’clock) news this evening. Good for them.

Terry – Chin up! Your books on Wales and her people, and your efforts in producing them are a real inspiration to me, and I’m sure to many others too.

I’r gad.

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:31:06 +0000

Karen,
Are you talking abut the 80% of the world’s countries which Britain have invaded and killed in and stolen from?

By: D Morris

D Morris — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:56:31 +0000

There is no doubt that the Yes campaign for Scotland is very well organised and has no problem getting their message across. It’s a shame that we Welsh nationalists can’t do the same, we find it difficult to unite, is it the language issue, the North/ South mistrust or pure apathy?

Sadly, I doubt if we’ve got the enthusiasm for any kind of united front come 2014 unless attitudes change.

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:48:32 +0000

There’s no better a mouthpiece than Russia Today. The love reporting stories on the demise of the UK. In fact, last year they did an article on Wales and might it possibly follow Scotland in requesting a referendum. And, unlike the BBC, all the voices on it were Welsh and pro-Wales even independence. More recently, they produced an article on the UAV’s at Parc Aberporth and how they were annoying many locals.