02-27-2018, 08:15 AM
Just one of the things we need to be a bit careful of in this debate is a blanket description of Americans.
We're a pretty homogeneous nation.
Apart from an argument over "Scallops" and how to pronounce "castle"...and a slight difference of opinion over football codes there's not a great deal between folks from the various states.
Yes.... we have a city/country divide but with most people living in the big cities or large regional centres we're a pretty standard folk.
Moving between states doesn't take a lot of adjustment.
The USA is quite a different proposition.
Apart from the fact they share a common language, in some respects it's more like 50 different countries.
Ironically the states with the least level of gun ownership include many of the original 13 colonies whose representatives were involved in the framing and approval of the very amendment that enshrines gun ownership.
We're a pretty homogeneous nation.
Apart from an argument over "Scallops" and how to pronounce "castle"...and a slight difference of opinion over football codes there's not a great deal between folks from the various states.
Yes.... we have a city/country divide but with most people living in the big cities or large regional centres we're a pretty standard folk.
Moving between states doesn't take a lot of adjustment.
The USA is quite a different proposition.
Apart from the fact they share a common language, in some respects it's more like 50 different countries.
Ironically the states with the least level of gun ownership include many of the original 13 colonies whose representatives were involved in the framing and approval of the very amendment that enshrines gun ownership.