THEY SHAME US ALL
I posted here a couple of weeks ago about an event that made me feel pride in my country. But sometimes the flip side appears and there are moments when you can do naught but despair at the society you find yourself a part of. At least this particular action came from a group I have no actual association with, nor would I want to, but they have the word Edinburgh in their title and that's close enough to tarnish us all. Plus their stupidity has come at a cost to the local economy.
You'll have heard about the regressive decision taken by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield. It only took a couple of hundred neanderthals to keep the place stuck firmly in the past. Yes, it's a private matter, but with the city's name in their title they tarnish us all, and being removed from list of courses which host The Open Championship has a financial impact on local businesses.
This is a country in which only one of the five parliamentary party leaders is a straight white male, where the governing cabinet has a fifty-fifty gender balance, and where equality and diversity are, mostly, taken seriously. But a few dinosaurs can smear that reputation because they think that "The Ladies" wouldn't be able to fit in with their traditions. Oh, and might interfere with their lunch arrangements.
I've got news for you guys. "The Ladies" aren't the difficulty here. If your traditions don't reflect the modern world then bring them up to date. Otherwise you're the problem.
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