In Reply to: Yes, I left posted by dave c on August 28, 2007 at 13:43:12:
response.
The things I've noticed that mainly are different between Brits and Americans is a sense of fellowship, "we're all in this together."
I remember feeling that very strongly as I grew up in the American Midwest but it seems to have disappeared somewhere between Reagan and the second Bush regimes.
There also is more of a respect for intellectual puruits among the British which I remember noticing in school as a lad as well as during my recent visit.
There also, of course, if the issue of appearance: England is gorgeous. The lack of billboards on highways, the strict signage rules in towns, the general civic pride evident in the many well-cared for parks, streets, and historic buildings.
Somewhere, my country went off the rails and Bush II shows it hasn't found its way back yet to its old values.
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Follow Ups
- Thanks, Dave, for the informative, and courteous, - tinear 18:23:34 08/28/07 (14)
- RE: Thanks, Dave, for the informative, and courteous, - jamesgarvin 10:49:40 08/29/07 (13)
- You're thinking of old Britain. If you'd care to start a conversation - tinear 15:48:33 08/29/07 (9)
- RE: You're thinking of old Britain. If you'd care to start a conversation - jamesgarvin 16:42:01 08/29/07 (0)
- RE: You're thinking of old Britain. If you'd care to start a conversation - jamesgarvin 16:20:45 08/29/07 (7)
- What about about that groucer´s daughter, Iron Maiden, aka Margaret Thatcher? (nt) - orejones 10:40:07 08/30/07 (0)
- But the USA elects a king every 4 years - dave c 18:50:50 08/29/07 (3)
- RE: But the USA elects a king every 4 years - jamesgarvin 07:00:24 08/30/07 (2)
- The rule of one - dave c 13:34:31 08/30/07 (0)
- "Elect is the operative word here." I´d rather say "The USA is bought a king every 4 years" (nt) - orejones 10:42:31 08/30/07 (0)
- You persist in arguing from a specific thinking it proves some larger point: - tinear 17:38:50 08/29/07 (1)
- RE: You persist in arguing from a specific thinking it proves some larger point: - jamesgarvin 07:02:43 08/30/07 (0)
- more than a ring of truth - dave c 14:14:49 08/29/07 (2)
- RE: more than a ring of truth - jamesgarvin 16:09:39 08/29/07 (1)
- Your last point? Absolutely! nt - dave c 18:46:58 08/29/07 (0)