We're Not Number One

I Thought America Was Supposed To Be the World’s Worst Nation.
According to The Times of London, the most violent country in the world is Scotland, with England and Wales running a not-too-distant second. 3% of the Scottish population have been victims of violent crime, compared to 2.8% in Merrye Olde England and only 1.2% in the evil Bushist nation of gunslinging cowboys USA. The Scots attribute their problem to the rise of a “booze and blades” culture in Western Scotland. Personally, I suspect it has something to do with wearing kilts. It has to be really cold in the wintertime, and that makes people cranky; besides, you probably have to defend your honor a lot.

Predictably, the authorities want to control it by regulating the sale of liquor and knives. Perhaps they might think about teaching young Scots that it isn’t nice to go around stabbing one another? But I guess that would be considered to be “imposing one’s personal moral code.” Can’t have that, can we?