tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post4418471196910295269..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: The World a Stage; Our Kids the Clowns?Chris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-69921371092929320662016-02-08T10:34:53.181-05:002016-02-08T10:34:53.181-05:00You comment had me thinking about how we see what ...You comment had me thinking about how we see what we think we wantbut can't imagine how it would really affect us. I have always been something of an Anglophile; when I was a teenager my dream was to live in England. In grad school, British Romanticism was my focus... But I wonder how I would have fared in the "emotionally repressed" environment you describe... Somewhere in the middle makes much more sense, that's for sure. Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-25405310394467603232016-02-05T15:41:58.969-05:002016-02-05T15:41:58.969-05:00I'll try again and keep a more watchful eye on...I'll try again and keep a more watchful eye on my phone's autocorrect. <br /><br />Anyway, the point I made was about the other extreme - the emotionally repressed attitude that used to be dominant in England. For example, when my dad was four, his father took him into town and bought him a toy car. This was an unusual event. On the way home, my grandfather turned to my dad and said "Oh and by the way, when we get home, you'll have a little brother." Nothing more was said.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-77560568706136623812016-02-05T15:35:15.380-05:002016-02-05T15:35:15.380-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-39125886722439061412016-02-05T15:33:49.605-05:002016-02-05T15:33:49.605-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com