tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post4503585543199436901..comments2023-09-11T13:56:56.236+01:00Comments on Postcards From Across the Pond: A Day in the GardenMikeHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-22448841072094982952010-06-01T12:55:37.676+01:002010-06-01T12:55:37.676+01:00> Don't know about the the US; that's o...> Don't know about the the US; that's outside the scope of the post. Interesting idea for a topic though, perhaps another time.<br /><br />Well, I was teasing slightly, Mike, since I already know the answer, as would anyone who had read accounts of Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit(yes,that name makes me giggle too!) Colonel Cody et al. And I presume American zoos are not restricted to exhibiting animals indigenous only to North America? :-) <br /><br />I just didn't want anyone reading this correspondence to go away with the thought that trophy-hunting and animal collection was an exclusively British folly. As for the forced abduction and relocation of peoples, we can all think of a particular nation which persisted far longer in this loathsome activity than the others, can't we?Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-60523539552648677122010-05-31T18:58:48.073+01:002010-05-31T18:58:48.073+01:00Howard: Pre-Victorians, then?
Don't know ab...Howard: Pre-Victorians, then? <br /><br />Don't know about the the US; that's outside the scope of the post. Interesting idea for a topic though, perhaps another time.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-29840044343298159352010-05-31T16:00:20.885+01:002010-05-31T16:00:20.885+01:00Mike, slight pedantry here: the Elgin Marbles were...Mike, slight pedantry here: the Elgin Marbles were appropriated about seven years before Victoria was even born, and 25 years before the beginning of the Victorian era.<br /><br />And now a query: have trophies never been collected in the US?Howardhttp://www.ukusforum.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-55435827362473303002010-05-31T07:34:51.166+01:002010-05-31T07:34:51.166+01:00Yes, the Victorians were keen trophy hunters, and ...Yes, the Victorians were keen trophy hunters, and it didn't matter if the trophy belonged to someone else (e.g. Elgin Marbles) or happened to be an actual human being.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-42355182481195525242010-05-30T17:03:14.738+01:002010-05-30T17:03:14.738+01:00I gotta admit, I'm not so keen on the wallabie...I gotta admit, I'm not so keen on the wallabies in England thing. Sort of reminds me of the first Brits to visit Australia, and who brought back kangaroos and aboriginals to show off to their friends. Ick.NFAHhttp://notfromaroundhere.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-72712462701376057662010-05-30T08:00:11.985+01:002010-05-30T08:00:11.985+01:00Yes. First the Shipley Windmill, and now this.Yes. First the Shipley Windmill, and now this.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-8537708189975932242010-05-29T22:33:22.085+01:002010-05-29T22:33:22.085+01:00They're selling off bits of Britain a little a...They're selling off bits of Britain a little at a time aren't they? Bah! What will happen to the Wallabies? Poor babies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com