Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
You forgot Hitler.

I mean if you say it was a long process that is going to end where it began then isn't that one event of countless other which are part of the lon process automatically more boring/less significant than the events in countries where the change came more rapidly, such as the French revolution?
Depends if you're French or not. If you are, then Bastile day is probably more interesting than the Magna Carta. If you are English, or from a nation that traces its cultural roots to England, perhaps not. Yes, national considerations are definitely a factor in what people consider symbolic.

Like I said, its like birthdays. If it is your mom's birthday, you might pay attention. Actually every day is lots of peoples' birthdays, but that probably doesn't interest you. You can wish the English a happy birthday, or you can say meh. Either way, they will make exactly as much or as little fuss about it as they choose.