British vs American culture?

[RagaZ]

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Vs

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?

[Rocketswin2013]

British culture is annoyingly somewhat similar to American culture in some aspects. I say this as a person going to the UK for an undergraduate degree in a year.

[Le Shaqtus]

Coming from a Brit,

Murica'.

[NumberSix]

The one that values freedom.

[KingBeasley08]

Honestly, they're very similar. UK is more similar to the US than it is to the rest of Europe.

The Anglo world is in a tier of its own

[Nick Young]

the one with more freedom.

[CavaliersFTW]

There are way more similarities than differences...

[sweggeh]

People saying its similar have clearly never been to England.

[NumberSix]

People saying its similar have clearly never been to England.
All of the English speaking world is relatively similar. England is more similar to Australia or Canada than it is to closer countries like Germany or Italy.

[CavaliersFTW]

People saying its similar have clearly never been to England.
Or maybe they have, and they've seen elsewhere around the world too.

[outbreak]

the one with more freedom.

So England?

[NumberSix]

So England?
England? More free?

A country that doesn't have its own government.
Doesn't have a guarantee of freedom of speech.
Most laws made by a foreign "union".
Can't own a gun.
An island nation not allowed to fish in its own waters.
You can go to jail for using slurs or quoting Winston Churchill.



No. Not England.

[ThePhantomCreep]

England? More free?

A country that doesn't have its own government.
Doesn't have a guarantee of freedom of speech.
Most laws made by a foreign "union".
Can't own a gun.
An island nation not allowed to fish in its own waters.
You can go to jail for using slurs or quoting Winston Churchill.



No. Not England.

Why would Brits want firearms? Their homicide rate is a fraction of ours--yes, even if you control for whites.

Last thing they need is 300 million guns floating around like us.

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[NumberSix]

Why would Brits want firearms? Their homicide rate is a fraction of ours--yes, even if you control for whites.

Last thing they need is 300 million guns floating around like us.
Where do you think the United States got the whole "right to bare arms" thing from?

The UK used to have lax gun laws. The current UK murder rate is higher than it was before the gun ban. The UK crime rate is higher than America's. What purpose does a gun ban serve?

[JtotheIzzo]

The one that values freedom.

USA scores lowish on freedom compared to other white anglo countires.

still edging out the Brits though.

http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

[~primetime~]

USA scores lowish on freedom compared to other white anglo countires.

still edging out the Brits though.

http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking
That's just economic freedoms

You can carry a gun in the US

[Nick Young]

So England?
Obviously not.:hammerhead:

[Nick Young]

England? More free?

A country that doesn't have its own government.
Doesn't have a guarantee of freedom of speech.
Most laws made by a foreign "union".
Can't own a gun.
An island nation not allowed to fish in its own waters.
You can go to jail for using slurs or quoting Winston Churchill.



No. Not England.
A country where people still inherit political power. Yes the Royal Familiy and the House of Lords still have very real political power. The Royal family has absolute powers they can use to veto laws and go to war if they wanted to:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[NZStreetBaller]

American people are money hungry fat fast food eating porkers. And english people man they complain all the time and they are lazy as hell workers. Plus english males seriously all have the same haircut.

Aus nz canada >>>>>

[Dresta]

The one that values freedom.
How doesn't English culture value freedom? It's one of its longest traditions, and had taken root there, long before it was taken and expanded over on the American continent (whole legal system, and many other things, modelled on the English).

A culture is not the particular laws passed by a country in the recent past, for if that were the case, i would say American culture doesn't value freedom either, and hasn't for a long time.


A country where people still inherit political power. Yes the Royal Familiy and the House of Lords still have very real political power. The Royal family has absolute powers they can use to veto laws and go to war if they wanted to:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Good, because if those things didn't exist, then all we'd have in the UK is an absolute democratic tyranny, rather than just a partial one.

The UK used to have plenty of safeguards against democratic tyranny (which serve in important purpose), and the House of Lords used to be the most important one (now stripped of its power pretty much) - alas, no more: whatever the 'majority' wants can be made into law whether it be tyrannical or not.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Aus nz canada >>>>>

:applause:

[TheMan]

America invented rock music, for that the world should be forever grateful but the Brits took it to heights hardly any American band can reach:bowdown:

[~primetime~]

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^^^ took a pic of my breakfast this morning

[Nick Young]

America invented rock music, for that the world should be forever grateful but the Brits took it to heights hardly any American band can reach:bowdown:
No they didn't.

[TheMan]

No they didn't.
:oldlol: Obviously you're not a serious fan of rock music...The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...I can't name one American band on that GOAT level, care to try?

dis gon' be gud

[T_L_P]

:oldlol: Obviously you're not a serious fan of rock music...The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...I can't name one American band on that GOAT level, care to try?

dis gon' be gud

Kinks, Bowie (not a band, but still) too.

[kNicKz]

American people are money hungry fat fast food eating porkers. And english people man they complain all the time and they are lazy as hell workers. Plus english males seriously all have the same haircut.

Aus nz canada >>>>>

Acting like Canada is some foreign land with totally different culture and customs than the USA :roll: Living in either country requires 0 adjustment whatsoever (barring the French speaking cities, which are effortless to get around in with no French)

[Nick Young]

:oldlol: Obviously you're not a serious fan of rock music...The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...I can't name one American band on that GOAT level, care to try?

dis gon' be gud
You forgot black sabbath.

Shit load of American bands and artists on that GOAT level. If you don't know them, you are the one who knows shit about rock music. GTFO clown.

[Nick Young]

Pixies, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Doors, Modest Mouse, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Creedance Clearwater Revival, The Eagles, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, Alice Cooper, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, White Stripes, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, R.E.M, the Allman Brothers, Aerosmith, I can go on and on for days, son. You don't know shit.

[NZStreetBaller]

Acting like Canada is some foreign land with totally different culture and customs than the USA :roll: Living in either country requires 0 adjustment whatsoever (barring the French speaking cities, which are effortless to get around in with no French)

Im talking about the people. Canadians are much nicer more respectful humble people ive met lots of both.

[BigNBAfan]

coming from a belg America

[Godzuki]

what happens in the UK if someone spells the UK version of practise like US version practice? do u get marks for wrong spelling?

[ThePhantomCreep]

Where do you think the United States got the whole "right to bare arms" thing from?

The UK used to have lax gun laws. The current UK murder rate is higher than it was before the gun ban. The UK crime rate is higher than America's. What purpose does a gun ban serve?

The UK crime rate is nowhere near as bad as the US, they only look comparable because they use different methodologies. For example, the UK counts assaults that don't result in injury as a violent crime, the US does not. That alone skews thr numbers tremendously.

London, a city of 7 million people, had 93 homicides in 2014. No US could even dream of such a paltry homicide rate.

[Le Shaqtus]

what happens in the UK if someone spells the UK version of practise like US version practice? do u get marks for wrong spelling?

I spell colour with a U in the US and it's never mattered. I assume it wouldn't matter vice vera.