JG BALLARD AND MUM WERE BIRDS OF A KIND, IF MUM WENT TO BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN SHANGHAI, CHINA
JG AT A YOUNG AGE ENDED UP IN A JAPANESE CONCENTRATION CAMP, AS HE WAS BRITISH, THE ENEMY, BUT HE LATER WROTE A BOOK THAT WAS TURNED INTO A MOVIE, ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE
ACCORDING TO MY GRANNY, THE JAPANESE WERE NOT EXACTLY POLITE WITH ANY WESTERNERS, WHEN THEY TOOK SHANGHAI, BUT WERE RUTHLESS WITH THE CHINESE
LIKE AMERICANS, WITH THEIR SORDID 'INDIAN' AND 'NEGRO' HISTORIES, THEY SHOULD JUST APOLOGIZE TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE, IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY I THINK
MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE I'M AN EURASIAN WITH CHINESE BLOOD, THAT I THINK THAT
REGARDLESS, HISTORY TELLS US GREAT BRITAIN SHIPPED HORDES OF 'CRIMINALS' TO TWO FAR-AWAY PRISONS CALLED NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, PEOPLE WHO WERE OBVIOUSLY OF A LOWER SOCIAL CLASS AND 'UNWANTED'
WELL, ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT IS, TOO BLOODY BAD FOR THEM, ISN'T IT?
THE PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T WANT THEN TURNED OUT TO BE SOME OF THE MOST FANTASTIC PEOPLE,
KIWIS AND AUSSIES, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEIR HERITAGE WAS ENGLISH, MIND YOU
BUT, THE BRITISH, UNLIKE THE JAPANESE AND AMERICANS, MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY LEARNED A THING OR TWO LATELY, WHO KNOWS WHY, BUT WE WELCOME IT:
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GOBBSMACKED IS THE WORD, DON'T YOU THINK? I HOPE I SPELLED THAT RIGHT
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