Contrast the way terrorist attacks are handled by eyewitnesses in Glesga compared with the US.
America:
"Oh my God! there was a man on fire, he was running about, I just ran
for my life... I thought I was gonna die, he got so close to me"
Glasgow:
"Cunt wis running aboot on fire, so a ran up n gave him a good boot,
then decked him"
America:
"I just wanna get home, away from here.. I just wanna get home, I
thought I was gonna die"
Glasgow:
"Here shug, am no leaving here till am oan a fuckin' plane! Ye get me?"
America:
"There was pandemonium, people were running in all directions, we didn't
know what was happening, I thought I was gonna die"
Glasgow:
"Fuck this fir a kerry oan, moan we'll get a pint in"
America:
"We thought he was gonna blow us all up he had a gas canister, and was
trying to get into his trunk, I thought we were gonna die, I just ran
for my life"
Glasgow:
"A swaggered by the motor that wis on fire, and the dafty couldnae even
open his boot, he wis in fire annaw so a ran up n gave him a good boot
to the baws"
America:
"There was this huge explosion, it sounded like war, I thought I was
gonna die"
Glasgow:
"There wis a bang, yi know when yi throw BO basher intae a fire it wis
like that"
America:
"I'm too traumatized even to speak, I thought I was going to die"
Glasgow:
"Here mate, gies 2 minutes till a phone ma auld dear, if am gonna be oan
the telly a want her tae tape it"