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Conservatism refers to the acceptance of anything familiar and refusal of anything strange or foreign.There are numerous facts that tell the conservatism of the Englishmen.The monarchy as nominal head of the state still exists in the highly developed capitalist country.The national anthem was, is and will be in the near 1000 years the old “God Save the King (or Queen)”.English judges as usual wear long wigs in law courts, as shown in many films shot in Hong Kong.(As a colony of the British Empire, Hong Kong was once forced to adopt the British legal system.)Despite the fact that the feudal class is a term of only history significance,
noble titles are conferred on distinguished persons, who would accept the titles as something of the greatest honor.Many Englishmen still spend lots of money keeping dummy fireplaces that are of no value at all,although their rooms are heated by gas or electric fire. They find it difficult to say goodbye to the past.As the first country to complete the industrial revolution, Britain refused to introduce decimal system until 1971.Pence, shilling, pound and inch, foot, yard... all these are hard to be forgotten.English people are always suspicious of any new plans of the government.Today they are still doubtful of the Europe integration plan,thus they are reluctant to allow pound to be integrated into Euro Dollars.Never talk about any kind of reform to an Englishman, he would surely be silent and keep away from you!
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