"Although we speak the same language we are certainly not the same society, not the same culture and with both have differing values."

Though again Jack to be fair I did not say we were the same society or suggest we were an identical society. I said we were similar type societies which is not the same thing! Thanks for pointing out that the other poster's remarks were wide of the mark though. Having the finger pointed at you suggesting you have racist tendencies was a bit much when all I did was say that the stats from other countries were not relevant to the debate in question. One may agree or disagree with my point but there was nothing racist about it. For a scot of course what irked more was the suggestion that I was English :-) Though I love the English enough to marry one of them - I am not myself English!