Ask a British Person.......
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:thumbsup: Conners vs Nastase and they carried on playing through the rain!
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Those religious laws were supposed to be wiped void by the decidedly secular intent of the Constitutional period. No-one denies that America was a country full of religious people both prior to and during the Constitutional era. What I'm saying is that, in spite of that there was an intentional effort to rid theocratic elements from government during the birth of the America that we know today. They saw a way to be a both religious and secular at the same time - something which appears to be a source of confusion for too many today.
Saying the Articles of Confederation were based on a 'higher power' is a gross exaggeration. All they state is a tiny prayer to an unspecified deity figure (it could mean anyone from Jesus to the Ancient Egyptian sun-god Ra) for the success of the project they were embarking upon. However, the Articles of Confederation were abrogated by the United States Constitution. They are an interesting historical document, that's all. They do not describe the nature of the America of today any more than the Laws of Burgos codified by Spanish settlers.
As the judges in those Supreme Court cases explain, this isn't about the right of states to formulate their own laws. It's about the idea that all states in America should retain a secular nature, should guarantee freedom of religion to all citizens, in order to prevent mini-theocracies springing up all over the US.
so then everybodys happy :nanner:
I just got back from a week in the UK (from the US) and thought of this thread. I actually do have a few questions that came about during the trip:
1. Where did all the hot women come from?
2. Why is everyone seemingly so nice to everyone else?
3. Why do you silly Brits (Europeans in general actually) seem to do most things far more efficiently than we do here in America?
4. Why don't most of your ATMs charge a fee to withdraw your own money?
5. Why are there hardly any "rubbish bins" around but also hardly any loose "rubbish" lying about?
6. Why do you not eat the obscene portions like we do here in the US?
7. What did you do with all the fat people?
8. Since so many of you use cash as your primary means, what do you do to create personal credit misuse issues in your country?
9. Why don't you people take yourselves so seriously and act like you are the most important person/people in the world?
10. What the hell is "Rarebit?" (I assumed a pronunciation of "rabbit" but wasn't sure)
11. Why do you use "English" units (miles, yards, pints, etc.) in some applications but metric in others (meters, kilos, etc.)?
12. Why do you seem more sexually liberated?
13. Why do you actually seem to be able to separate religion from government?
14. Why do you actually have a multi-party system that actually lends weight to more than just two major parties?
It has been about 25 years since I last traveled to the UK. This was my wife's first trip. She remarked that a lot of stereotypes that we Americans have for the UK are completely wrong and then was pleasantly surprised at how much better some things actually are over there vs. here.
On more than one occassion she remarked "Didn't we try to get away from these people back in history b/c of _____, and now look how we are the ones that have the issue with that in our own country and yet over there they seem to actually have shit straightened out and fixed?"
Enjoyed our stay. Thanks for the hospitality. See you again soon. :wave2:
1. Where did all the hot women come from?
2. Why is everyone seemingly so nice to everyone else?
3. Why do you silly Brits (Europeans in general actually) seem to do most things far more efficiently than we do here in America?
4. Why don't most of your ATMs charge a fee to withdraw your own money?
5. Why are there hardly any "rubbish bins" around but also hardly any loose "rubbish" lying about?
6. Why do you not eat the obscene portions like we do here in the US?
7. What did you do with all the fat people?
8. Since so many of you use cash as your primary means, what do you do to create personal credit misuse issues in your country?
9. Why don't you people take yourselves so seriously and act like you are the most important person/people in the world?
10. What the hell is "Rarebit?" (I assumed a pronunciation of "rabbit" but wasn't sure)
11. Why do you use "English" units (miles, yards, pints, etc.) in some applications but metric in others (meters, kilos, etc.)?
12. Why do you seem more sexually liberated?
13. Why do you actually seem to be able to separate religion from government?
14. Why do you actually have a multi-party system that actually lends weight to more than just two major parties?
It has been about 25 years since I last traveled to the UK. This was my wife's first trip. She remarked that a lot of stereotypes that we Americans have for the UK are completely wrong and then was pleasantly surprised at how much better some things actually are over there vs. here.
On more than one occassion she remarked "Didn't we try to get away from these people back in history b/c of _____, and now look how we are the ones that have the issue with that in our own country and yet over there they seem to actually have shit straightened out and fixed?"
Enjoyed our stay. Thanks for the hospitality. See you again soon. :wave2:
answers to donkey boy
1. they always been here
2. well it definatley not the weather probley the water
3. practice
4. they dont if you go to your bank for example if u are a natwest banker it free at natwest ATMs but not loyds
5. pockets
6. we just have more meals like brunch
7. not sure what did we do?
8. not sure
9. life to short
10. i assume rabbit too
11. i never understud that either probley lazyness
12. dont know
13. do we take a look at northen ireland
14. not sure
1. they always been here
2. well it definatley not the weather probley the water
3. practice
4. they dont if you go to your bank for example if u are a natwest banker it free at natwest ATMs but not loyds
5. pockets
6. we just have more meals like brunch
7. not sure what did we do?
8. not sure
9. life to short
10. i assume rabbit too
11. i never understud that either probley lazyness
12. dont know
13. do we take a look at northen ireland
14. not sure
It's a welsh dish of cheese sauce like stuff ontop of toast. Also called Welsh Rarebit, never had it though.
Eastern Europe
It's only a veneer of niceness, underneath we're a seething cauldron of resentment
We have regular tea breaks (always accompanied by biscuits), consequently we have a permanent sugar rush
Is first rule of socialism "appear to allow proletariat access to their money (whilst stealing it from them through taxes)"
Because we are all socialists, we employ lots of people to clean up after us
We're tyring our best..
Narrow doors, they can't leave their houses
We borrow money against our houses to get the loans which we convert to cash to buy the beer to enable us to binge drink and become Europe's number 1 sluts.
We lost an empire which covered 1/3 of the world. Compared to our ancestors we are chronic under-achievers. We're painfully aware of that.
Anything to do with Wales is a mystery to all of us.
Due to our levels of binge drinking, most of us only attend school until we are 13. The metric stuff we learn at school, the imperial we got from our parents, how much metric someone has, is a measure of how much schooling they've had
Binge drinking
The Church of England is the homeopathy of religion (mantains the appearance of the original but with no actual content) therefore it's easy to keep it out of government
Oh, that's just an anachronism. For all useful purposes we have a two party state, unless you live on the edges of the country it's still a choice between Tory and Labour
Glad you enjoyed your trip - come again soon - Please !!!
1. The result of Celtic and Viking genes, so we have hot blondes, hot brunettes, and hot everything in between.
2. A lot of Brits would say this is geographical, so depends where in Britain you are. You must have missed the assholes
But also Brits like the Americans.3. Its good to hear that's your perception from your trip, not sure many Brits would agree.
4. Most of them are free, they have to say when you withdraw your cash if there's going to be a charge.
5. Again could be geographical, some towns and cities make a big effort to keep it looking clean especially for tourism.
6. Its good to be hungry for more!
7. Export them to the USA
8. I'm not sure about that, I use a bank card for most purchases, although use cash for a night out.
9. We like to take the piss out of ourselves, being very polite its to save anyone else the bother
10. Basically Cheese on toast, best with some Worcester Sauce.
11. Kinda came from decimalisation in 1971 and joining the EU. there's been arguments about how much we should comply with EU regulations, but we've ended up using bits of both systems.
12. Its amazing what a large volume of alcohol can achieve
13. It wasn't always separate, Henry VIII created the protestant Church of England and split from the Catholic Church. The we had the English Civil War partly because KingCharles I had married a Catholic. Oliver Cromwell a Parliamentarian won against the Royalist armies and KingCharles was charged with treason and executed. Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector and the Royal family was removed but later re-instated. Since then Parliament has no religious representation, and we see the church and politics separately.
14. We do have pretty much a 2 party system, Labour and Conservative. We have the 3rd option, Liberal Democrats but there hasn't been a Liberal government since 1916
Hey, why do americans ask so many questions? :1orglaugh
True, they were removed to prevent terrorists from leaving bombs in them (only in the major cities though)
bandanoantri
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1.) Why did you elect Mr Brown in the first place?
2.) Are you not concerned that more and more EPL teams sell out to American and Arabian tycoons?
3.) Will England take home The Ashes this year?
2.) Are you not concerned that more and more EPL teams sell out to American and Arabian tycoons?
3.) Will England take home The Ashes this year?
He wasnt elected, he just took over when Blair stepped down.
Not really, but I suppose if you ask an actual football fan they might have a different opinion.
I doubt it, but who knows .... again, actual fans may have differing opinions on this
I don't care, however much they try and hype cricket as a spectator sport its gotta be the most boring game in the world