Hello Christopher,
I agree with you and remembered to have taken position some time ago about
this type of opinion.
I searched into my sent mail... and I discovered it was about a former
mail from you ;-)
I argued about the practical aspects, but here is another side of my
opinion :
In my country (Wallonie, the French speaking part of Belgium), we started
to enjoy a regional holiday ('les F�tes de la Wallonie'), done at
different days at various places (useful for the public persons to be able
to meet each place).
For me the result is that, psychologically, the 'day' concept is
diluted into a loose and less defined period and misses its expression
power.
Now it is changing (towards more synchronicity), but we have spent years
without efficiently building the image of a common feast. In fact I do not
know very well the schedule because when a city is concerned, the other
ones are out of the movement...and I am living in the country, far away of
the cities ;-)
As Christopher stated it, ONE day is far more attractive for the news than
something more fuzzy. If we place the psychological impact at the first
place, we must consider this argument.
Alain
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