Just watching "While the rest of us die" and it's very interesting. However,

[Pommie]

Just curious, are Americans so pro religion and so anti abortion?

Just seems kinda caveman (or rather backwards) to me.

Mike.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

They seem a remarkably backwards country in many respects, and still massively racist.

 

[Pommie]

If you get the chance, watch "While the rest of us die", total eye opener.

Mike.

 

[Inquisitive]

TV show? Documentary? To which do you refer?

 

[ClydeCrashKop]

It is not so much that Americans are so pro religion and so anti abortion.
It is the zealots vs the “silent majority”.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
A few radicals can get changes made, in spite of popular opinion.

 

[Papabravo]

Just curious about the size of the sticks that the Brits and the Aussies must endure.

 

[danadak]

Just curious, are Americans so pro religion and so anti abortion?

Just seems kinda caveman (or rather backwards) to me.

Mike.

American church attendance hits historic low, says Gallup survey

Church bells aren’t ringing so much as they are tolling.

nypost.com

Abortion :

Public Opinion on Abortion

While public support for legal abortion has fluctuated some in two decades of polling, it has remained relatively stable over the past five years.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[danadak]

UK :

Chamberlain kneeling to Hitler, US bailed them out on that one.

Massive colonialism and suppression of foreigners.

Huge support of the Troubles and the death and imprisonment of citizens.

The five worst atrocities carried out by the British Empire will make you wonder why we're apparently proud of it

A YouGov poll found 43 per cent of Brits thought the British Empire was a good thing, while 44 per cent were proud of Britain's history of colonialism

www.independent.co.uk

Racism : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/16/racism-in-the-uk-still-rife-say-majority-of-britons

"They seem a remarkably backwards country in many respects, and still massively racist."

I like England, had a great visit there. They, like America, rich in problems and injustices just like US.


Regards, Dana.

 

[Papabravo]

New analog of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics:

The number of new members of the "AITA" club is constantly increasing.​

When they tell you who they are -- believe them!