tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post5587280345574657381..comments2024-03-27T18:54:46.951+00:00Comments on Syniadau :: The Blog: There is no problem of viabilitySyniadauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13876017048168055247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-54674430342281571382013-10-09T21:33:33.175+01:002013-10-09T21:33:33.175+01:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-19804596181540641812013-10-09T20:59:10.562+01:002013-10-09T20:59:10.562+01:00Yes, we should not forget Leopold Kohr. He was the...Yes, we should not forget Leopold Kohr. He was the man who first told Schumacher that Small is Beautiful.<br /><br />At a lecture in the Temple of Peace in Cardiff in the late 60’s he pronounced that “the problem is the size,” said with an Austrian accent as “Ze problem is ze Sais. Fortunately he didn’t hear the tittering from his audience – he was as deaf as a post. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-88085194864347393512013-10-09T14:04:22.968+01:002013-10-09T14:04:22.968+01:00You're very welcome to promote your book, Siôn...You're very welcome to promote your book, Siôn. It looks like fun. If someone wants to write a review of it, I'd be happy to put it on Syniadau.<br /><br />Yes, Schumacher and Kohr were <a href="http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leopold+kohr/e-f-+shumacher/john+papworth/a+pair+of+cranks/4660762/" rel="nofollow">A Pair of Cranks</a>. Leopold Kohr was quite close to Gwynfor Evans and <i>Is Wales Viable?</i> is well worth reading. <br /><br />-<br /><br />I fully agree, Stu.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-29315653333150844542013-10-08T20:32:03.129+01:002013-10-08T20:32:03.129+01:00Unfortunately many people in Wales (and elsewhere)...Unfortunately many people in Wales (and elsewhere) associate nationalism the same way the English do. They think it's about empires and conquest. For us in Wales nationalism is simple, it's about protecting our people, our culture, our natural resources and our future generations from the exploitation, colonialism and destruction we are experiencing today.<br />Welsh not Britishhttp://www.welshnotbritish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-27778279680410621362013-10-08T19:48:52.636+01:002013-10-08T19:48:52.636+01:00MH - if you'll allow me, I try to make similar...MH - if you'll allow me, I try to make similar points in my book, 'The Phenomenon of Welshness II: or is Wales too Poor to be Independent'. <br /><br />http://www.carreg-gwalch.com/product/phenomenon_of_welshness_2_the/ <br /><br />It's being launched this Saturday 12 Oct, at 12.30, Aberystwyth Arts Centre with Adam Price and Mike Parker. All welcome. <br /><br />It's on sale in all good bookshops as they say or online from Gwasg Carreg Gwalch (and other non-tax paying online book sellers!).<br /><br />Worth giving Leopold Kohr a mensh too - author of The Breakdown of Nations (which should have been titled, 'The breakdown of states'). <br /><br /><br />Siôn Jobbins<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com