At least the parents have picked up the idea of using the ambulance service as a taxi.....so they are going in the right direction to fall in with the great british public in some ways. Snigger... I also agree with your larger piont (and the points of other commentors) that while the vast number of cultural differences are assimilated as part of UK culture, there are certain things that we should not tolerate - forced marriage, 'honour' killing and animal cruelty are just some of these things.