Thomas Coupling,
Yes, nearly all Americans get medals just for turning up for work but not, I would venture to suggest, The Congressional Medal of Honour, Distinguished Service Cross or Distinguished Flying Cross and you do yourself, as well as a true hero a disservice in your rather snide implications.
Oh thou who art holier than all others, I recently visited the United Kingdom, land of rules and respecters thereof, and whilst driving upon thy motorways and byways didst witness many driving under bridges at velocities in excess of 100 miles per hour, driving through crowded town and city centres by day at velocities well in excess of 30 miles per hour. I wonder which is the more dangerous
Maybe one of thou who art the most righteous was amongst those I saw. Verily, let he who is without any sin cast the first stone