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demi · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Location: London

Recently there's been a couple 'bash the brits' threads where no one really came up with any remotely decent attacks on us. Most of it was based on silly things about the language differences between American English and proper English.

The reason the attempts failed were basically because America doesn't really have anything over us. Let's be honest. We're both rich countries, we both have excellent universities and education systems, we both have high crime rates, we both have a high percentage of our citizens living below the poverty line, etc etc.

However, something we have over the US, and I believe it to be an extremely important advantage, is the NHS. For all the criticism us Brits launch at the NHS we know we are so lucky! So many people around the world (USA included) wish they had it.

We break legs, sever fingers, get sick etc and can rely on the NHS to fix it for FREE! The service might be slow but that leg will get plastered up for free. That body part you f'd up will get seen to for FREE. You won't have to take out loans and pay thousands of dollars for operations. Imagine having to do that! Damn that must destroy famalies. One day everythings ok and the next you have sell everything you own to get your daughters legs fixed!

This clip from Michael Moore's new doc. is just one example of what we all know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFUtAaeYxno

So come on you Brits. Smile and be thankful. They're so jealous of what we've got. Blair was terrible, but he was right when he said "this is the greatest nation on Earth."

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

didn't read your posts, but why do you post the same thread in two forums? in the eternal words of wayne campbell, "are you mental?"

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Privateer · Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.

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demi · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Location: London

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nateium · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Location: Seoul

What exactly am I supposed to be jealous about? I'm American from Mass. The last time I came back from Korea I needed a minor sinus operation. I went to my local hospital financial office and said "hey! I need health insurance." They said "do you have a job?" Not wanting to lie, I thought about it for a moment and said "No." (between contracts this is technically the truth)
Two weeks later I got a "Mass Health Card" in the mail right before my scheduled operation, and they covered 8,000$ worth of medical expenses at zero expense to me. I'm still covered under that plan if I choose to go home any time soon.

xeno439 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005

I got one for you.

Started in America:
Break dancing.
Who are the best now? Arguably, Koreans.

Started in England:
English.
Who are the best now? Probably, North Americans.

I think the point is obvious. As an American, I loath to think that others can beat us at something the originated from the depths of our culture, but it is happening everyday on all fronts. From hip-hop, to b-boying, skateboarding, video and computer games, and even the sacred cinema. But hey, that's life.

You Brits may have invented English, but we took it over, we molded it, perfected it, into the obvious form it should lie in.

But then again, its a bastardized language and we are the best at being bastards. So rebuke this OP.

contrarian · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Location: Nearly in NK

Proper English 300,000,000 million Americans and 30,000,000 Canadians outvote 65 million Brits. We are also better educated, better looking, and more inherently intelligent.

Privateer · Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.

demi · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Location: London