PrinceGaz wrote:
> Hehe, that also occured to me. I have a hotmail account (which is
> rarely used, it may even have lapsed by now) and am from the UK.
> Having said that, given the number of posts on this list along the
> lines of "MD is dying because [insert US electronics store] are no
> longer stocking them / are reducing their range" or "no one I know
> but me has MD" that are posted here suggests rather a lot of US peeps
> should open their eyes to the fact that they are not actually the
> center of the universe :o)
>
You guys just can't ever get over the fact that a bunch of rag tag boys who were
dirty, crude, most not well educated and certainly not nearly as well as trained
as the British militia, managed to actually beat you :).
If you lived a little in the past, your thinking would be that Britain was the
"center of the universe" and it was! "The sun never set on the British Empire"
was not just a saying, it was a fact.
You have to remember that until 60 years ago this December, the US maintained an
isolationist policy. There was a terrible backlash from many Americans who felt
that we should have never gotten involved in W.W.I and were insistent that we mind
our own business when it came to W.W.II.
So it is all timing. Give us our "15 minutes of fame". It's just bad timing on
your part that you didn't live in the time period where Britain ruled the world.
I'm sure in another 100 years or so it will be some other country that "dominates"
the world. The US's strong hold grows weaker all of the time.
I'm really not sure that the average person from any country is truly ready to
accept the concept of a "global village". We give it a lot of lip service, but if
you happen to be one of those individuals that is doing well in your particular
country, I'm sure you feel it is "better" than other countries.
And yes I know that in spite of what Hollywood constant portrays England as, Ben
Afleck did not save your ass. The Royal Air Force was able to hold off Germans on
their own before we ever entered the war.
Churchill was an amazing force and that insane little house painter couldn't shine
his shoes let alone take over his country. The only reason that I made the
assumption was that I thought Hot mail was only available in the US and also that
I am used to seeing endings like ".uk" or ".ca" and ".au" after countries other
than the US.
I'm not sure why the US is not required to have a country designation in their
URLs?
Cheers,
Larry
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