From Amos:

"Well it is just as silly to be racially focused in defense of English culture as it is about American culture; national culture, to the degree it exists, is not about colors, but about ideas. A newly sworn in citizen of the UK from Pakistan or Somalia has as much right to be proud of the Magna Carta or the heritage of chivalry--an Anglo-French cultural stereotype--or the emotional warmth of a truly English pub, or the literary powers of CHild's Ballads or Jonson, as an American has to be proud of the core values in the Declaration. These ideas define ways of being in the world which any race of humans can enjoy assuming they understand the language inviolved."

Yes! YES!!   

Beautifully put, Amos (Heck, I wish I could write like you!) :0)