WYSIWYG, i thought us Brits had just been bashed a bit, about their colonialism, wave-ruling, arrogance, world-dominating tendencies 'n' stuff. btw, the correct words of the hymn are "Britain RULE the waves",('rule' not 'rules; a wish/demand, not an assertion of an existing fact. nalopkt.)

Both the US and the UK are cut from related cloth in being insular, wanting to control, indifferent to the ways of others, except to work/figure out how to make money out of it, or at least control it; directly in the case of the UK; subtly, by means of an economic system, in the case of the US.

We both claim to be free and to like freedom, yet we both get very disturbed by signs of real independance. Actually, many are far happier with docile conformists who do the decent thing aka being regular guys (and gals).


i'll go away and carry on being silly on a silly thread now. Or go and feed some people on the hunger site - you know - do something real and practical.

Ivor