>> What I /have/ noticed about the USA is that they tend to assert that
>> their way of life is the only /correct/ one.
>
> Yep. There are definitely people who think that way.

There's probably people like that everywhere. It's just that, for 
whatever reason, this seems to be more prominent in the USA.

[I deliberately use the term "USA" rather than "America" because 
strictly speaking the latter is two entire continents comprising 
multiple countries... I believe the Arrogant Worms make a lengthy song 
about this exact matter...]

> If a new concept
> comes around, and we haven't done that in the past, and it involves
> making life better for people, it immediately gets called Socialism
> and/or Communism.

Yeah. Because Communism is completely evil, right? RIGHT??

Um... I still haven't figured out *why* it's evil, but apparently it is.

> The ones you see are the most vocal, often those most
> vocal are also the most insane.

You *do* seem to have the most insane people. Just saying... ;-)

> Of course, I take issue with the healthcare bill we passed as it stands,
> now. Essentially, it's written so that everyone *must* get health
> insurance, or be fined. It seems to benefit the insurance companies more
> than it does the people.

That does sound kind of defective, actually.

Of course, saying that a specific formulation of something is suboptimal 
is different than saying that anyone who's poor should just be left to 
die, and to do otherwise is to oppose God's will...

> As if GB has never said that they are superior? ;)

At some time, we actually *did* rule half the world. For real. :-P

But yeah, these days, aside from a few people who are like "all them 
niggers should **** off back to their own country", most people in 
Britain don't walk around thinking they're better than the rest of the 
world, or even just the rest of Europe.

>> Also: The USA is huge. I can't help feeling that somewhere within it,
>> there must be some intelligent people. And those people must feel really
>> embarrassed that they live in the same country as the morons who make
>> America look so bad to the rest of the world with depressing frequency...
>
> I've become numb to it. It doesn't faze me anymore, really. I just let
> them demonstrate beyond all doubt their ignorance ;)

You realise that a lot of people think your entire country is filled 
with morons and crazy people, right?

I mean, damn, I have no idea what people who aren't British think about 
Britain - probably that we all eat fish & chips and drink beer all day 
or something - but AFAIK, they don't think we're crazy. At least, I hope 
not. o_O

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