I always believed the US and UK were really similar culturally, I guess it's no surprise. Well, Britain is now battling the same Puritanical demons as its cousin over the pond.

Today alone, in the UK Guardian: not one but 3 (!) commentaries on how teenage drinking is supposedly an "ill" and how the drinking age should be raised to 21 as in America.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk...ap_alcohol.html

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk...ng_the_bar.html

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk...e_hangover.html

All three towing the same prohibitionist line. What ON EARTH is going on in Britain? It would be a shame if it ended up just like the religious moralistic America.

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"The favorite American pastime is not baseball, it's moral crusades."