Re: [Marxism] Could Socialists not use "Great" before Britain

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

OK, Luko, I understand that England is distinct from Scotland and  
Wales, and that England is a geographical description and not a  
political one. And that Scotland and Wales, in spite of their  
respective linguistic, cultural, and nationalist expressions and  
aspirations, are still politically joined to England, forming the not- 
so-united United Kingdom. I hope you would not consider someone who  
uses the term "kingdom" to be a royalist, as the root KING implies.  
Perhaps that is why I subconsciously preferred England instead.  
Tossing around terms like England and Great Britain as synonyms of  
the UK betrays a certain "american" informality and carelessness,  
admittedly.I always would chafe when someone wrote or said "America"  
as synonymous for the United States, feeling that was somehow a  
slight of our South American brethren, and that North America is more  
appropriate, but really people should just write USA. So there you  
go. I think from here on out I will write uk in lower case,  
signifying my displeasure with the political implications of both   
"United" and "KINGdom" . and lets not even touch on the idea of  
COMMONWEALTH.  I mean, how much wealth is really shared in common  
after all is said and done?

Greg

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