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UG: Guns make people polite.
DanaC: Britain has no guns but is very polite.
Indeed, one of the outstanding things about Britain is its polite culture. It's as built-in to the people as America's individualist streak.
Within cultures there are traditions and teachings and approaches that give the people their basic make-up. What we were taught as children, we will teach our children, and they will teach their children. And this will determine who we are at the very root, and whether or not we will queue ("single file") for a bus or train or elevator.
Brits: Of course we will stand in a queue. We are British.
Americans: Of course we will bunch up at the entrance, fighting to get in, barely letting the departing people off. We are American.
So what UG is actually saying -- although he doesn't realize it -- is "Guns make the American people polite", quite a true statement.
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