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Originally Posted by Eric

What a crock this is .... utter crap. On a forum that claims, at least by implication, to allow all members to comment as they wish on issues of interest, many controversial, everyone's opinion should be accepted ... not necessarily agreed with but accepted. Your comments are clearly anti-American, and in this case have have no basis. I'm often critical of the US govt., particularly their foreign policy; but I draw the line at knee-jerk reactions to the comments of a US private citizen who chooses, as a member in good standing on this forum, to initiate a discussion which may be of interest to many of us.

And what is this "isolated so many thousand miles away" garbage. With almost instant access to information via the internet (the thingy I'm using now to make these comments) most people in the world who wish to be, can be as informed of what is happening in Britain as is the British "man in the street" ... maybe more so, because I have little doubt that, just like a lot of Americans many Brits are more interested in reality tv and football (or hockey) than they are in current events. You don't have to live in America to know they have problems with crime, poverty, illegal immigration, drugs, racism, homophobia, the environment etc. You just have to keep abreast of the news. You can have as much understanding, in the UK, of problems in the inner cities of the US as can someone living in a gated community in Georgia. You just have to make yourself informed instead of circling the wagons.

Here here!