I think it's great that there are so many countries with democracies
almost as old as the United States now.

I cannot believe I just read that! I am very pro-American, here in the UK,
so many of your boys gave their lives for us in WW2 but the USA must be
almost the newest western democracy, it's a Greek word for God's sake!
Lovely people, but does anyone get further than fourth grade over there?
I am beginning to see the Simpsons as a documentary...

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Cheers Quilly

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