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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It isn't all we can realistically do though! Even if we were literally the best in the world on this, what sort of reasoning is "Yeah there are still problems but who cares, we're better than everywhere else so let's stop trying to tackle those problems".

Why wouldn't it be "Wow we're doing great on this, but there are areas to keep looking at so let's do that".

How is it constructive to view it as a competition? In fact there's little if any reason to compare ourselves to other countries at all, other than to identify the things we're getting right in comparison, and to borrow ideas that might help in areas that still need work.

Honestly I just don't get the argument at all. If a kid goes to their school teachers and says "I'm being bullied", does the headmaster unveil a whiteboard with facts and figures showing that actually that school has the best record on anti-bullying of all the schools in the area and then insist that - with that in mind - this kid CANNOT possibly be being bullied, because it's not a school where much bullying happens, and if he doesn't like that reply he can bugger off elsewhere and "see how he likes it there"?

Or does he say, "We pride ourselves on being against bullying so we're going to stamp out the bullying that still exists here".

You'd hope for the latter and I apply the exact same logic here.

If Britain is one of the least racist countries in the world, then when remaining instances of racism are pointed out we should WANT TO STAMP IT OUT, because that's something to be proud of! What sort of reaction is "Umm we are not racist and if you think so you can **** off somewhere else". Just nonsense.

and yet after all of the fluff you typed above, you still haven't named a country that is better