nice post.
I think the Brits have stronger stones but their culture is not what it used to be....sounds familiar.
We've been bombed before, we aren't easy to impress that way. We knew this was coming, nothing has changed here.
Thanks. I wish to think the best of the British, too - if only for MadIvan's sake, because he's such a cutie :-). My brother has lived in England for several years, and he likes the country and the people very much.
However, because of their categorical surrender of their right to self defense against crime - not only with guns, but every implement down to a chain-link fence - I really feel that the outcome in the next week is up in the air.