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The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
I was just wondering.
I know that each country is different from each other, and I have never been to the U.K., but it doesn't seem like people in the U.K. live any differently than people in the US. I mean the biggest discrepancies is in law and politics, a thing expected from two different countries. What do you guys think?
Biarchus
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Well, US is improving it's military while british politics are trying to please the public, at the cost of the military.
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Civitate
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Well, depends what you mean by "living differently"?
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Primicerius
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Yes, we have a Queen and you an Emperor.
According to the Theory of War, which teaches that the best way to avoid the inconvenience of war is to pursue it away from your own country, it is more sensible for us to fight our notorious enemy in his own realm, with the joint power of our allies, than it is to wait for him at our own doors.
- King Edward III, 1339
Biarchus
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
lol?
Praeses
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
thats true now
Praeses
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
LMAO! But I did say we were politically different.
Primicerius
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Well apart from law and politics you've outlined, not many countries are that different, in the Christian west, anyway.
What kind of differences and similarities (beyond just being human, like having overweight people lol) are you referring to?
Last edited by King Edward III; November 10, 2007 at 03:32 PM.
According to the Theory of War, which teaches that the best way to avoid the inconvenience of war is to pursue it away from your own country, it is more sensible for us to fight our notorious enemy in his own realm, with the joint power of our allies, than it is to wait for him at our own doors.
- King Edward III, 1339
Praefectus
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
We each have our own cultural and political differences, but I think we are more alike than different (disregarding the obvious fact that we speak the same language).
Honestly, no matter how much we Americans preach about our revolution and liberty, England was way ahead of us... We just took a step further, and then they capitalized on our mistakes (honestly I'm tired of the presidential system...).
Primicerius
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Monarchy for the win?
According to the Theory of War, which teaches that the best way to avoid the inconvenience of war is to pursue it away from your own country, it is more sensible for us to fight our notorious enemy in his own realm, with the joint power of our allies, than it is to wait for him at our own doors.
- King Edward III, 1339
Praefectus
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
No, parliamentary system for the win... Monarchy is, as we in the US say, "The Sux."
Primicerius
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Oh you want a parliamentary system?
Tis true
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
The Royal Coat of Arms on the right.
For sure?
Last edited by King Edward III; November 11, 2007 at 08:02 AM.
According to the Theory of War, which teaches that the best way to avoid the inconvenience of war is to pursue it away from your own country, it is more sensible for us to fight our notorious enemy in his own realm, with the joint power of our allies, than it is to wait for him at our own doors.
- King Edward III, 1339
Comes Limitis
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
How about our mentality, view on religion, ethics, morals, values, taboos?... Actually, we are very different in many ways, and I can count as many issues I disagree with an American, as I agree... However we seem to agree about "freedom" and "democracy", just not the extent of freedom or how the democracy works.
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Not so much. We're the only two liberal democracies, I think, which use the rediculous first past the post electoral system.
Virtute et Armis
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
We are similar enough..though I'm sure both countries are glad of what differences we share
Last edited by Kleos; November 10, 2007 at 04:15 PM.
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Primicerius
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Heh, nice poster.
We are similar enough..though I'm sure both countries are glad of what differences we share
According to the Theory of War, which teaches that the best way to avoid the inconvenience of war is to pursue it away from your own country, it is more sensible for us to fight our notorious enemy in his own realm, with the joint power of our allies, than it is to wait for him at our own doors.
- King Edward III, 1339
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
That is the most distraught lion I have ever seen.Heh, nice poster.
Primicerius
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
The rock must be giving way.
According to the Theory of War, which teaches that the best way to avoid the inconvenience of war is to pursue it away from your own country, it is more sensible for us to fight our notorious enemy in his own realm, with the joint power of our allies, than it is to wait for him at our own doors.
- King Edward III, 1339
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Could you be more specific?
Praeses
Re: The United States and Britain, are we really THAT different?
Like how we live our lives, the environment we live in (ie technology and standards of living).
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