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In reply to the discussion: Does this seem fair? [View all]

whathehell

(30,578 posts)
3. The UK
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 04:17 PM
Dec 2013

being a model of all that's fair and "sane", right?

Since I do, I believe, have more first hand experience of your country than you do mine,

I think it's only fair to mention some less than "evolved" aspects of your country.

Whereas our founding fathers wisely established a Separation of Church and State at our very inception,

You are still encumbered with a "national religion", The Church of England.

Whereas our constitution, from it's outset, saw the "lunacy" of inherited privilege and

titled nobility, you have an expensive, but not terribly bright royal family.

In addition, of course, you possess that odious class consciousness your fellow Brit, anthropologist Kate Fox,

claims your country has yet to cast off.

Most impressive of all, perhaps, is your elegant "chav culture".



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Does this seem fair? [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP
No dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #1
The UK whathehell Dec 2013 #3
The reference subject here is the pot penalty dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #6
what do you mean "you"? hfojvt Dec 2013 #7
No. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #8
So the Angles & Saxons took over from the Celts Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #9
Uh huh.. whathehell Dec 2013 #18
You forgot the Romans Drahthaardogs Dec 2013 #21
It's precisely that realization that reveals your egregious overstatement, not to mention whathehell Dec 2013 #14
I don't expect you to see another reply on this subthread... n/t TroglodyteScholar Dec 2013 #16
and why would that be, pray tell? whathehell Dec 2013 #17
um because you won.. n/t TroglodyteScholar Dec 2013 #19
---- whathehell Dec 2013 #22
It is great to see progressives in both countries quarrel Ash_F Dec 2013 #13
Yes, you could put it that way, I suppose. whathehell Dec 2013 #15
Fight ! Fight ! toby jo Dec 2013 #10
lol dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #12
K&R. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #2
It's incredibly unfair, and President Obama has started rolling back whathehell Dec 2013 #4
K&R Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #5
No! Paper Roses Dec 2013 #11
not fair at all Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #20
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