THE AMERICAN ^REEXPATRIATE

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public about America and Americans

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Burn or ban it?

To see the difference in attitudes towards and treatment of patriotic symbols between the US and the UK, consider this:

In the US, laws are passed in order to make it more difficult to destroy the national flag.

In the UK, laws are passed in order to make it more difficult to display it.