It is certainly true that Britain has its idiosyncracies rules wise, but the oddest and most disturbing thing about the British mentality is the way rank amateurs in all fields seem to think, as soon as they've reached a certain level, that they know more about the subject than everyone who've gone before them (especially the experts) and proceed to reinvent rules to suit themselves and then have the gall to justify this anarchy on the basis the "it seems more sensible to me", despite no more scientific knowledge or experience than the absolute minimum in the field.
It is not an impressive commendable attribute.
