Originally Posted by
-:Undertaker:-
If course you are entitled to your opinion and I never said you were not - I am challenging your opinion just as you often challenge mine. As for part of our culture; I have never known anyone or heard of anyone who visits the circus often or even is an avid fan of hip hop and i'm seriously wondering whether you have. If anything in regards to my views i'm very libertarian in my methods and right wing in my views, as is the majority of England which voted for Michael Howard who was one of the most right wing leaders for many years over Tony Blair in 2005. The people should decide (Libertarianism aka Thatcherism) which is the opposite to Marxism (the left) and Facism (the extreme right).
You say an 'investment' but where is the investment in this? - why should the state take my money and give it to something that I have no interest in and which many others do not have interest in?. As for the country uniting, yes it will just as it did in 1979 which saw the end of a disasterous left wing government which has met its match in this one. The cirus was around during Roman Times from what I have read and as we know (or should know) the Roman Empire extended across Europe and thus is a European culture, not a British one. Even if it does have its revival roots in Britain, that still doesnt address the point that; a) most people dont even attend the circus and b) why should everyone be taxed for something they do not even have an interest in? - you call me colonial yet are hanging onto the idea of a circus being British which is from 1768 - times have changed i'm afraid.
There is a simple concept here that i'm getting at which is this; if you want to visit the circus then pay for it with your own money. If you want to do hip hop then pay for it with your own money - agree or disagree?