I've never 'got'

And Niall, tell me about the uncivilised Southern Britain prior to Roman invasion? I was under the impression that we’d already accommodated and taken up Romanesque habits. Don’t give me that ‘civilisation’ rubbish and go and read some pre history. And go and look at US prison statistics and repeat that sentence about “peace, rights, privileges and opportunities”.

Britain was full of the Welsh before the Romans came, every day a cacophony of male voice choirs and people with excessively short hair saying things like "there's lovely". brrrrr.

As for the US prison statistics I'd like to point out that most black americans are not in jail. I don't see your point? It's somehow our fault that those people who are in jail chose to live a life of crime instead of a life of hard work?