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Originally posted by Oz Referee
Very funny Mark - since you're having a friendly (I hope) dig at us metric FEEBLE referees - it's my turn to have a laugh at the expense of Americans:
- George Dubya Bush (do I need to say any more?)
- Heston and the NRA - when you have a high school shooting, don't ban guns, give teachers guns! (Great idea!)
- Calling your NBA, Baseball, Football (etc) competition winners "World Champions" last time I checked world championships were (by definition) open to all countries - not one or two!
And that's just a starting point 
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Oz Dude - I wasn't poking fun at any referees. All referees are great in my opinion (except for that one guy I worked with last week, but that's another story). I just like to poke fun at FEEBLE itself. You can't help it if your country still is a Euro colony.
As to your comments, you make some good points, especially number 3. I have always thought we were somewhat pretentious using that title, although until recently, there really wasn't much valid competition for it outside the US. They do use the term "NBA World Champions" now, so I guess they are the champs of the NBA world, whatever that is.
BTW - the vast majority of Americans are not NRA members and think Heston has become a caricature of himself. However, gun control is one hornet's nest I don't want to get into.