[thisismycatch22]

(Original post by Howard)
That seems a rather cavalier approach to take. In 2008 there were 10,168 deaths in the UK from prostate cancer. Prostate cancer accounts for around 12% of male deaths from cancer in the UK and is the second most common cause of cancer death in men, after lung cancer.

Thanks, professor google. maybe you could google "risk of prostate testing" and find out what they were actually talking about rather than ctrl-v cancerresearchuk.org.

hint; screening for early stage cancers is a highly controversial topic in cancer research. it is far, far more cavalier to just say "we should take every cancer seriously and operate immediately no matter the size or other factors"

[Teh User]

(Original post by Rusty33)
The fact that we elected a race other than white to the highest office, and the UK hasn't, doesn't count? Forgive my ignorace, but how many European countries actually HAVE elected someone other than a white male to their highest office?

Depends what you define as highest office. President could be defined as the highest office in some countries, but the influence lies with the Prime Minister in 98% of European countries.

Here goes though:

Head of State not including Monarchs:
Iceland (female)
San Marino (female x10)
Malta (female)
Switzerland (female x6)
East Germany (female)
Republic of Ireland (female x2)
Latvia (female)
Finland (female)
Lithuania (female)
Andorra (female)
Georgia (female)

Head of Government:
United Kingdom (female)
Portugal (female)
Norway (female x2)
Lithuania (female x2)
France (female)
Poland (female)
Turkey (female)
Bulgaria (female)
Finland (female x2)
Ukraine (female)
Germany (female)
Moldova (female)
Iceland (female)
Croatia (female)
Slovakia (female)

23 unique countries have elected someone other than a white male.

[Rusty33]

(Original post by Teh User)
Depends what you define as highest office. President could be defined as the highest office in some countries, but the influence lies with the Prime Minister in 98% of European countries.

Here goes though:

Head of State not including Monarchs:
Iceland (female)
San Marino (female x10)
Malta (female)
Switzerland (female x6)
East Germany (female)
Republic of Ireland (female x2)
Latvia (female)
Finland (female)
Lithuania (female)
Andorra (female)
Georgia (female)

Head of Government:
United Kingdom (female)
Portugal (female)
Norway (female x2)
Lithuania (female x2)
France (female)
Poland (female)
Turkey (female)
Bulgaria (female)
Finland (female x2)
Ukraine (female)
Germany (female)
Moldova (female)
Iceland (female)
Croatia (female)
Slovakia (female)

23 unique countries have elected someone other than a white male.

Point taken. How many were non-Caucasian?

[Fat-Love]

Reminds me of the story of the guy on the motorway who thought everyone was driving the wrong way when really it was him driving the wrong way.

[Formica]

(Original post by Rusty33)
Point taken. How many were non-Caucasian?

The United States has a significant black population who are well established and naturalised citizens. The UK is about 2% black and 4% Asian, often identifing significantly with the foreign country of their origin as oppose to the UK. Same goes for most other European countries, in fact most have even smaller ethnic minority populations.
If anything I think the gender issue shows a bigger gap between the progress of both regions. 50% of the US population is female and there's never been a female president? That's a serious gap.

[SciFiRory]

because thats what the USA establishment wanted and created over time