IMHO-
Americans do banter, non-political.
Others like their politics well re-hashed.
and again just my opinion..
English, BTW tends to be more technical and mechanical oriented, other languages (especailly Romance languages) tend to be beter at describing people/life/emotions, etc.
...and just to be slightly evil, (*LOL*) Just LOOK at our president. What can we possibly say about politics? LOL