Yes, but it was a rhetorical question, it wasn't a real question. It was basically what I said in another form.
You know what's funny? I was going to quote your original post but I thought about it and I figured I didn't want to clog up this thread too much. Heck, I already do it enough.
Unfortunately I fear "high end culture" will be lost on the non-British people here. As will the rubbish I write...