An Englishwomen's thoughts on the right

[piece-itpete]

Finn, the average Brit. We had numbers for extended stays as I was growing up, the info from my mother (who died an English citizen), the input of my Grandmother (who was here a lot), and my experience in England (that I love).

I have little to no knowledge of Germans, I'll take your word for it

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Finn, the average Brit. We had numbers for extended stays as I was growing up, the info from my mother (who died an English citizen), the input of my Grandmother (who was here a lot), and my experience in England (that I love).

I have little to no knowledge of Germans, I'll take your word for it

Pete

For sure, the "average" American knows more about America than the average Brit or German (and vice versa, of course).

OTOH, the average Brit or German knows more about America than the average American knows about either of those countries and knows more about world history/current affairs than the average American.

For a modern, First World country, America is about as insular as it gets (though Britain ain't far behind in this area). Heck, the guy who impresses me most with his knowledge of American history on this forum is a Canuck.

[merrylander]

Not since 1931, since 1867 when it actually became Canada.

As to our defending England - from what? Since the EU the chances of war breaking out in Europe are about 0.01%.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by finnbow

For sure, the "average" American knows more about America than the average Brit or German (and vice versa, of course).

OTOH, the average Brit or German knows more about America than the average American knows about either of those countries and knows more about world history/current affairs than the average American.

For a modern, First World country, America is about as insular as it gets (though Britain ain't far behind in this area). Heck, the guy who impresses me most with his knowledge of American history on this forum is a Canuck.

Agreed, they pay greater attention (are England and Germany still countries? :headsmack: ).

I suppose what I mean is even most of the smarter ones don't (and can hardly be expected to) understand American culture, and how it effects, heck, everything So their view of us is still skewed, even if they know what we're doing. Plus if they want to be 'on top', as it were, they'd better do something different, if you know what I mean. It's easy to armchair quarterback. Germany's bruhaha over accepting a gitmo detainee is a good example.

Agreed, our friend from the north sure puts the Red Green stereotype to the test

Curious Rob, what do you think of that show?

Pete

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Not since 1931, since 1867 when it actually became Canada.

Great Britain still maintained control of Canada's foreign affairs, under the Confederation Act, until 1931. So, Canada was "Canada" in 1867, in the same manner that Puerto Rico is "Puerto Rico," now.

Noted.

[merrylander]

If you are referring Wm. McKenzie King and Lord Byng, you will note that I do not use his portrait as my avatar, he was a bit of a wing nut. That was really a tempest in a tea pot and Britain had no realistic control.

King used to buy ruins and have them erected on his estate in the Gatineaus, we were never certain that he was all there. I believe he used to 'communiicate' with his mother's ghost. His final nose thumb at Westminster was to declare war on the Axis on Sept 10 1939, one day after the rest of the Commonwealth.

It is funny haoww everyone believed frex that Canada had no 'constitution' because the BNA act still resided in Westminster. It was simply a formality and required provincial agreement to patriate it, but as far as day to day matters were concerned it did not really matter worth a hoot.