Reasons why I like the UK more than the US, # 1,242

Real gun laws. Meaningful gun laws.

Some places in the US, you can legally own automatic assault rifles. In the UK? If you want to legally purchase a gun you'd best come up with an extraordinary reason why.

On the other hand, the UK does have stuff like this, the apparently infinite Diana Debacle.

OK: she was a public figure, sure. I'm a bit baffled by that as well, but I just don't get celebrity culture. Whatever. She died in a car accident. Most non-crazy people (ie, those who don't believe the CIA had her picked off) understand what happened: she got in a car. The driver was drunk. The driver drove very fast, into a tunnel. The driver crashed. Neither driver nor passenger were wearing seatbelts. Both driver and passenger died. The same thing happens a tragic number of times, around the world, every year. It's a huge problem here in NM.

So, OK, maybe the persistent interest is nothing more than Pretty White Girl syndrome. She was rich, attractive, charismatic, 'upper-class', and died young.

What the hell is left to inquire into? A guy was drunk. He got in a car accident. People died. What does anyone expect the investigation will say? "Yes, we...forced him to get drunk?"

I don't get it.