The hipboots are to wade through the bullshit.

You were playing spin doctor and making it sound like an English trait to be superior in face of adversity, when the reality appears to be is that the story was not as horrible as first thought.

Barry - I read one story, so far, about an incident in New York at ACS. There may be others. I live in the area. It is not any better or worse than conditions elsewhere. McGrath is doing the same in his last post where he "imagines" that things could not be the same.

I'm sorry, but the media has warped perception. People are choosing to believe what fits their own sense of reality. NYC is not a slime pit that treats visitors horribly as a rule. I believe there are something like 15 million people who live in the metro area, and millions more who visit the area annually. The services need improvement, but the perception that we are living in horrid conditions and treating people like crap.   IT is not reality.