Look, get some reading comprehension going on here. First George says some people in this thread make him nervous and you twist that around, then he made a hypothetical statement about your avatar, etc. "I HOPE this isn't a waste of time" implies that he would be more than receptive to you contradicting whatever statement preceeds it. Finally, the only comparison he is making between the United States and other countries is because of the fact that they all share justice systems based on English common law. This is a valid argument for him to make since there is a common thread shared by all of the countries mentioned. "This ain't England" is not a contradiction of his claim because essentially we have the same court system as the UK, Australia, etc. but we carry out a punishment that they do not.

Maybe George is right, it is a waste of time, because you are repeatedly missing his points and from where I sit it's kind of painful to read.