>I contend that the US doesn't belong in that list..
I'm not engaging with that, as I said "the author contends".
However, the single enumeration stands as it is addressing a US audience. It isn't a special case on the list, it is a special case to that audience.
>"Software pirates, including 7Z7, often..."
If the article that included the above sentence was addressing an audience of people to whom I was particularly special (ie. the 7Z7 Fan Club), then this is completely appropriate, even if I am not a particularly rabid example amongst other software pirates.
>Except that the UK and the US is quite good about these things..
The point then, is that despite patting ourselves on the back, we are not yet as good as we could be, nor as good as we apparently think we are - despite there being worse examples in the world.
I'm not engaging with that, as I said "the author contends".
However, the single enumeration stands as it is addressing a US audience. It isn't a special case on the list, it is a special case to that audience.
>"Software pirates, including 7Z7, often..."
If the article that included the above sentence was addressing an audience of people to whom I was particularly special (ie. the 7Z7 Fan Club), then this is completely appropriate, even if I am not a particularly rabid example amongst other software pirates.
>Except that the UK and the US is quite good about these things..
The point then, is that despite patting ourselves on the back, we are not yet as good as we could be, nor as good as we apparently think we are - despite there being worse examples in the world.