Living in Liverpool it is impressive how people behave either while drunk (which happens a lot from the perspective of most European countries, save maybe Scandinavia) or when there are no rules to follow.
Queuing is my favorite: When there is a clear queue (i.e. rule) to follow, everybody behaves perfectly, but when people are either drunk or there is no clear rule, its every (wo)men for (him/her)self. Buying at M&S is easy, getting a drink at a pub (or an hamburger at McD at 2am in the morning) is almost impossible unless you almost smack someone.
I have never seen such an amount of uncivilized behavior elsewhere.
I think England (whole UK?) is where the dutch concept of "social controle" is really to be seen: people behave correctly because of social pressure only, not because it is best to do so. When the social pressure is off, then it is dog eat dog mentality that is probably the hallmark of the anglo-disease.
At the end of the day this is probably another symptom of the anglo-disease: pervasive "dog eat dog" mentality. The only brakes are social control and the attached political correctness (which are, BTW, a disaster to democracy and freedom of thinking, but that is an other issue).
Buying at M&S is easy, getting a drink at a pub (or an hamburger at McD at 2am in the morning) is almost impossible unless you almost smack someone.
Breaking bottles over people's heads was the custom in Notts. I guess Brits are more civilized in Liverpool.
There's a reason The Tragedy of the Commons takes place in Britain. A good chunk of the country doesn't grok the whole concept of upkeep. I remarked to my friends over there that if rural Southerners in America were forced to live in townhouses (the horror) and watch gay tv shows for a few hours per day, they'd be Brits. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
...oh wilfully obtuse one.
With foresight and intent he has an angle greater than 90° and less than 180°?
