exactly.
your country tries to learn from its mistakes, and it was also founded by idealists, which are both favourable things to me. even if america has been forced to shun the tired and hungry, even if its original ideals have been smothered in red tape, and even if it has made a few wrong turns, it still tries its best, and that is much much better than a country which is founded on arrogance and selfishness and which refuses in the face of adversity to change to any other way of being.
Tux, i am pleasantly surprised that you agree with me (well not that surprised actually). I hope i don't offend you by saying this but i think it points out an example of something i said earlier. Your signature says you are from 'Up North, UK' well, might i point out that from the impression i get, your location is actually closer to the southern tip of england than the northern tip. There could be two reasons for this little psychological slip that many people in the north of england tend to make. the first is, perhaps by thinking of themselves as 'north', they think of themselves as further form the 'south' than they really are. The second is a little more enfuriating, it scould mean that scotland simply does not count to many english people, or that it is perceived as some small northern county of england, in which case, yorkshire, lancashire et c are both 'Up North, UK'.
again, no personal slant, tux, i do not mean to offend you but i couldn't resist commenting.
edit - brings to mind a Glasgow band (who are from the south of scotland in my book!) called 'Teenage Fanclub' whose fifth lp was called 'Songs from Northern Britain'. They toured with the album and actually played gigs as far north as Wick (which is an improvement on many bands who tour britain and think that playing one gig in either edinburgh or glasgow is good enough for scotland, in fact many bands do not play scotland at all), anyway, i can't wait for the day when scotland gets its independence in europe. I suspect it might be after i am dead though, sadly.
[ December 05, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]