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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 3647239" data-attributes="member: 31216">The average life span for an America is 77.9 years and for a Brit is 78.8 years [from a quick Web search]. The ages are roughly similar. Does that mean that the average American and Brit has the same concept of 200 years of history? Some Brits live in small towns that are older than the United States. Some drive by castles older than the American Colonies. Such situations do affect how the average citizen conceives of history.No one has said what you put in quotes above. No one has even suggested it.No one has said or suggested this either. You are preemptively counter-arguing? If so, I'll support your assertion that such statements would, indeed, be a fallacy.Just as the age of one's country affects/skews one's perception of historical time, the size of one's country also affects/skews one's perception of geographical distance.But having this argument not only diverges from the topic of the thread, it also gives more importance to a light-hearted comment made in jest than it deserves. The statement was not a defining fact, but rather just a fun comparison for entertainment purposes. Please don't give it more weight that it was intended to have.Bullgrit<a href="http://www.totalbullgrit.com" target="_blank">Total Bullgrit</a></blockquote>