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BobJoe B.- You learn something every day. If that story is not apochryphal about the archers, it is a great tale.
My favorite story which differentiates Yanks from others was told by Billy Crystal about The Bambino. He said 2 men, an American and Englishman got in to an argument. The Yank insulted the Englishman by saying "screw the King." The Englishmen hit back hard with the most biting comment he could say, "oh yeah, well, screw Babe Ruth." One man owed his position of prominence strictly to an accident of birth and tradition and had risen to his position of power irrespective of anything he had done other than his regal birth, while the Englishman disparaged a swash -buckling, bigger than life, drinking, womanizing, child-loving man who rose from the most meager of circumstances to ascend to his position strictly on his talents and abilities.
I think this story tells a lot...