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No Béarla (No English) Documentary
- Jun8 6y agoLink to Episode 1 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyll-bBZzyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyll-bBZzyk
- Bakary 6y agoI come from a country that also has a complicated relationship with its own culture, although certainly not in a context as poignant and tragic as the Irish. My conclusion over the years is that playing defense (artificially protecting a culture through regulations) is useless in such cases. When it comes to culture, playing offense (giving people a reason to be naturally interested) is the only method to ensure that your culture or language survives and thrives. Culture is a consequence of living life rather than the reverse and languages are communication methods. If your culture or language is not actually lived, it rots or becomes a novelty or meaningless perversion of the original, like a caged bird. The ideal solution would obviously have been for the Brits to avoid genociding the Irish and their culture in the first place, but keeping a language on life support is counter-productive in my opinion. Obviously this is a sensitive topic and this is only my personal reflection on the matter from my own experiences.