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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they're rude because Britain is a caste system and those low in the totem pole, however clever they think they are, know they'll never be much. In America you can rise the ladder, not so in Britain -- this stokes intense envy and hatred.[/quote]

The class system died a long time ago. Nor was it ever anything like the rigid Indian caste system. And don't kid yourself into thinking America doesn't have its own class system either. People use the class system just as an excuse for their own failures. Or Americans who can't figure out why they can't fit into the U.K.[/quote]

Have you ever been to Britain? Do you know any Brits? What is knighthood?[/quote]

What are you? A high school kid trying to maintain a false argument? The fact you mentioned a knighthood tells me that you know nothing about what the British class system was or is or what it's like today.

There's little difference between the UK and the US in terms of class divisions these days. Just because there's a handful of people with titles doesn't say anything, titles are cultural leftovers and carry little social or political prestige. The vast majority of British have never met anyone with a title, for example. 
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OBEs are fairly common, particularly for entertainers who bring in money for UK charities.    They do allow one's daughter to marry at St. Paul's Cathedral, so there is that.   My favorite thing is when the Queen distributes coins to the elderly on Maundy Thursday, followed by swan upping on the Thames.  The swans belong to the crown and volunteers count the swans each year.  [/quote]

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