Hi to all and greetings from the United Kingdom.

As a newcomer to this site I have read with interest, and a great deal of amusement I might add, the numerous posts relating to an equally numerous variety of subjects.

Whilst many are serious and qualify for an honest and sensible response, there are just as many which are doubtless composed in the heat of the moment whilst practicing masturbatory techniques and which rarely warrant any response at all, but live and let live I say as long as it causes no harm to any individual.

So why I am writing this post?

It would appear that the vast majority of the posts are made by residents of the USA and some of which seem only too pleased to seize the opportunity of ridiculing any post made by someone who is British, and I ask my self why? Is it because we use some words which are different from yours? i.e. the word Mate used in a recent post opened itself to a barrage of insults relating to British tradition. Why provoke any unwarranted and likewise insulting responses from the British? Do we ridicule your term of going to the bathroom when there is no bath in sight? We could argue that it is nonsense to use the term "going to a bathroom" in a restaurant for example is ridiculous, have you ever heard of a restaurant providing a bathtub and or shower for the convenience of its customers? I don't think so! But nevertheless the term is used as it has always been since the puritan days when any mention of the word toilet was deemed unfitting and rude. We could also argue that your language used is English and therefore your spelling of words such as neighbor are incorrect! We British are generally not in the habit of ridiculing Americans and accept that each and every culture has its differences, so get real and accept likewise.
If you are proud to be an American and for what it stands for then remember that there are others in this world that are equally proud of their culture and heritage.