Happy Fourth! And now....a question...

[tabaqui]

Hello. Yes, another ficless update! Aren't i cool.

Anyway - Cat and i were talking and Cat was wondering something and now i'm wondering it so...

If you are from the UK, is there some lingering...national sentiment that sure, they've got James Marsters and Supernatural and 31 Flavors but...that should all be *ours! ours!!* those rat bastards?

I personally cannot conceive of such a thing but...does such a sentiment exist anywhere? When Bollywood tosses out hottie singing guys in eyeliner and chicks who are just so curvey and perfect is there a smoldering *grrrrr* anywhere?

Idle curiousity, folks. I think the answers are gonna be fun. If i get any.

And hey - now's your chance to tell me *every tiny thing* about America that bugs the crap out of you!

*just for the record, i despise The Shrub*
*so you'll be preachin' to the choir on *that* subject*

In other news? Deadwood!!!
OMFGILUFFIT!!!
*smoooches killerweasel*

Comments

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I worry about the American education system, and the degree of influence the religious right has over it - I get the feeling that Americans must, on average, be more gullible than Europeans, because of this kind of thing. Plus, the recitation every morning - I hope we are not going that way in the UK.
And I agree with most of what moimoietmoi said. A lot of the people I've met on LJ have been great, but then, LJ does have a greater leftist tendency than the general population, according to some poll I read.
So I think, while I envy you guys the space, the cheap housing, and the scenery, I am glad I was born in the UK. I think I would have been even more of an outsider in the US than I was here.
And James Marsters is mine! Mine I say!

[tabaqui]

Dude, i worry about it too. American's are utter morons in some respects. Perfectly happy about stuff and then one doorknob stands up and mutters something about 'god' and 'the children' and suddenly everybody's a screaming bible-thumper. Sheesh.

Which recitation do you mean? The Pledge? I've explained to my daughter how the 'under god' part was added by opportunistic....individuals. Heh.

Can't we just....share?
*cough*

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Yes, the Pledge.
I read that some young lad - a Trekkie - changed it to make it count for alien lifeforms too! Needless to say his teachers were unimpressed...!

I wouldn't dare not share James with you!

[tabaqui]

Yeah. I don't much care for the Pledge and don't say it at all. It's just...yeesh.

The 'god' part is what pisses me off. That's *not* how it was originally written.

Ah, sharing...
:)

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Patricia can get a look in too, if she's game!