What is it to be Cornish?

Cries of Cornwall for the Cornish ring out throughout Cornwall. Well in some areas anyway. I am Cornish, my ancestors are Cornish and I am proud to have some heritage to a County that is what I consider one of the best places in the world. We have a coastline that is both beautiful and impressive, which provides much of the reason why it attracts what is our only industry, tourism. Whilst the summer months are short lived these days, the time is maximised into 6 weeks of what can be considered troublesome for some areas. This is based on both a lack of understanding for tourists that cornwall has a different way of doing things than most, we dont deal well with traffic jams and equally drivers that fear going abov 20 miles an hour on a country lane may make them go back in time. That being said Cornwall relies on tourists to sustain many of its businesses in the summer, without them we are an even poorer county, the poorest already. So when I hear the cries of Cornwall for the Cornish it bothers me and makes me sad that we have grown so arrogant that whilst we complain about low wages and lack of opportunity we need someone to blame for this, the people that have moved to the area because they too love the area often become objects of distain. Granted in all walks of life there are people who dropped in a desert island could fall out with the only coconut on the island. Should the selfishness of the few be for the many? well not for me but in Cornwall where the celtic pride takes on many shapes and forms, it does. So my point is that if Cornwall should be for the Cornish then shouldnt we be creating industry that doesnt rely on tourism, when Cornish people invest in this trade does that not also create a loop that without investing in a sustainable alternative then we will never break the cycle? what concerns me is the lack of opportunity that our children will have in the future. We have some really very clever people and some very successful business in the County, why cant we find something that can make Cornwall something unique, hell everyone is a photographer, designer or artist. Is there an opportunity there? with the recession and government looking to make cuts then there is an opportunity to make this happen. I am not clever enough to know what but what we have to do is stop the absurd cries of "we are so hard done by" and come together and use what we have to build a future for Cornwall all of our children. Well I would like to think we can, rather than just talk about it.