Comments on: Conwy and Caernarfon http://airminded.org/2010/01/30/conwy-and-caernarfon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conwy-and-caernarfon Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2010/01/30/conwy-and-caernarfon/comment-page-1/#comment-129022 Brett Holman Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:08:28 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3407#comment-129022 I don't think I can! :) I don't think I can! :)

]]> By: Erik Lund http://airminded.org/2010/01/30/conwy-and-caernarfon/comment-page-1/#comment-128874 Erik Lund Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:32:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3407#comment-128874 Those druids are so revolting. Seriously, could I argue that all these Roman forts in Wales are a consequence of the copper mines without the shade of Polanyi (perhaps possessing Chris Wickham) strangling me in my sleep for proposing to explain the Romans in "market" terms? And how is all this Romanitas to be reconciled with "British" ethnogenesis? Do we put the key events _after_ the end of Empire and see the choice of a British identity as a consequence of the rise of Gwynedd? (I like this because of the suggestion that all the sub-Roman states in the British Isles are practically founded on repurposed Roman fortress/garrisons, with ethnicity as a choice specific to the ideological needs of the particular post-Roman state.) The defence/industrial nexus may be an emanation of the state, but its existence is constitutive of the next iteration of society. Modern Britain really is Airstrip One. Caffeine overdose....help! Those druids are so revolting.
Seriously, could I argue that all these Roman forts in Wales are a consequence of the copper mines without the shade of Polanyi (perhaps possessing Chris Wickham) strangling me in my sleep for proposing to explain the Romans in "market" terms?
And how is all this Romanitas to be reconciled with "British" ethnogenesis? Do we put the key events _after_ the end of Empire and see the choice of a British identity as a consequence of the rise of Gwynedd? (I like this because of the suggestion that all the sub-Roman states in the British Isles are practically founded on repurposed Roman fortress/garrisons, with ethnicity as a choice specific to the ideological needs of the particular post-Roman state.)
The defence/industrial nexus may be an emanation of the state, but its existence is constitutive of the next iteration of society. Modern Britain really is Airstrip One.
Caffeine overdose....help!

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2010/01/30/conwy-and-caernarfon/comment-page-1/#comment-128842 Brett Holman Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:32:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3407#comment-128842 I do usually pronounce 'castle' in the British English way, as it happens, but (for example) 'France' in the ghastly Australian way. There are limits. I do usually pronounce 'castle' in the British English way, as it happens, but (for example) 'France' in the ghastly Australian way. There are limits.

]]> By: JDK http://airminded.org/2010/01/30/conwy-and-caernarfon/comment-page-1/#comment-128839 JDK Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:10:49 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=3407#comment-128839 I'm getting a vibe you have a thing for castles? I hope you pronounced 'castle' the British English way when asking for directions, not the ghastly Australian mangling of the word. Heh. Good post! I'm getting a vibe you have a thing for castles?

I hope you pronounced 'castle' the British English way when asking for directions, not the ghastly Australian mangling of the word.

Heh.

Good post!

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