(December 23, 2018 at 5:39 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Can I just say, I'm a Brit who does not like tea!

I'm not overly keen on tea either. I'll drink it if there's nothing else

I haven't been to Britain since the 1980's. I visited London twice while I was stationed in Germany. 


Back then it was a decent place to visit and you didn't have to stay on the tour to have a good time. I'm not sure that's true anymore outside of the more popular areas. I hope it is, but what little international news I see in my daily news feeds doesn't compel me to want to visit again now. Even so, I have to wonder if the news we get from Britain here is even remotely accurate. Just last spring there were reports of a fairly dramatic rise in knife violence in England and Wales. By October The Independent, which many people seem to think is not a great newspaper, was reporting the situation as record assault/sexual assault levels. 

I'm sure it's fine if you know the local customs and places to avoid. That's pretty much true everywhere though, isn't it? If I were to visit today, I'd still go off the tour, but I wouldn't recommend it to most people based on news reports. I'd be very anxious if my children did...

(December 23, 2018 at 5:57 am)Maketakunai Wrote: I haven't been to Britain since the 1980's. I visited London twice while I was stationed in Germany. 


Back then it was a decent place to visit and you didn't have to stay on the tour to have a good time. I'm not sure that's true anymore outside of the more popular areas. I hope it is, but what little international news I see in my daily news feeds doesn't compel me to want to visit again now. Even so, I have to wonder if the news we get from Britain here is even remotely accurate. Just last spring there were reports of a fairly dramatic rise in knife violence in England and Wales. By October The Independent, which many people seem to think is not a great newspaper, was reporting the situation as record assault/sexual assault levels. 

I'm sure it's fine if you know the local customs and places to avoid. That's pretty much true everywhere though, isn't it? If I were to visit today, I'd still go off the tour, but I wouldn't recommend it to most people based on news reports. I'd be very anxious if my children did...

All in all Britain is a pretty safe place to visit. There has been an upturn in knife crime in London for some reason? I don't think it's a major problem elsewhere in the country though.

If I was recommending a visit, I would say avoid the big cities, and the further north you go(in England at least) the friendlier it gets.

I'd take a Brit over a Yank as a housemate any day.
That being said, I'd take a Scot or an Irishman over a Pom any day. :-)

None of that was sexual.

(December 22, 2018 at 10:37 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Eccentric in some ways, but a hell of a lot saner in others. At least when a British buffoon rises in politics, the best he can get is London. Okay, guitarists, guess what's wrong with this picture:



Say what you will about Theresa May, at least she probably knows what she's doing (at least to a small extent; Brexit is proving to be an utter clusterfuck that nobody will be able to get right.)

And when groups of white supremacists start to rise, they have the best reaction:

I am not a guitarist (when one tried to teach me I always gripped too tight strangling the strings), but BoJo the Clown is holding the neck above the clamp

(December 23, 2018 at 8:07 am)Wololo Wrote: I am not a guitarist (when one tried to teach me I always gripped too tight strangling the strings), but BoJo the Clown is holding the neck above the clamp

Yep, like a bad first responder.

(December 23, 2018 at 8:16 am)sterling96 Wrote: i just searched the thread title on
and i had to sign up haha
americans view british people as inferior i think

Americans view EVERYONE as inferior, I think.

Boru

(December 23, 2018 at 8:54 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(December 23, 2018 at 8:16 am)sterling96 Wrote: i just searched the thread title on
and i had to sign up haha
americans view british people as inferior i think

Americans view EVERYONE as inferior, I think.

Boru

Sweeping generalization.

(December 23, 2018 at 8:56 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(December 23, 2018 at 8:54 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Americans view EVERYONE as inferior, I think.

Boru

Sweeping generalization.

Fair point.  I'll rephrase:

Americans, as a rule, tend to view other nationalities as inferior.  While this is not true of all Americans, it is a view routinely depicted in US foreign policy and reinforced by my (admittedly limited) personal experience with Americans.

Boru

(December 23, 2018 at 8:16 am)sterling96 Wrote: i just searched the thread title on
and i had to sign up haha
americans view british people as inferior i think

Complex?