Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US: poll

plan_D · 07-05-2006, 01:37 AM

Nevermind. You do realise most of the places you listed are not in Europe, don't you?

Gnomey · 07-05-2006, 03:38 AM

syscom3 · 07-05-2006, 10:20 AM

Moscow is European isnt it?

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 07-05-2006, 12:57 PM

Well basically he means with your biased loud mouthed and know it all opinions that you have, it is no wonder that they dont think very highly of you, and ofcourse they make stereotypes which leads them to think all are that way.

Ill be honest, for the most part I agreed with a lot of that novel post up there, but there are some things that I can not agree with and I think that comes from Americans making stereotypes about Europeans on subjects that they do not know about or care to understand becuase it is not American.

Now having said that everyone makes stereotypes. The Europeans of the Americans, the Germans of the French, The British of the French, the Northern US of the Southern US and back and forth.

Is the majority of it true? No, but that is life.

pbfoot · 07-05-2006, 01:12 PM

I live in a city of 75000 that gets about 22 million visitors a year and coupled with the fact I live right on the border I feel qualified to make a comment Americans are 99% awesome people the same percentage as every other nationality the fact that they have verylittle knowledge about the world outside the US which is the fault of the US media and educational systems which are inward looking is what causes them the bad image the worst tourists in case anybody cares are the people from Israel very demanding and rude . One thing that makes the young americans look bad is that they come here because the drinking age is 18 and they tend to get a little over amped when they drink Canadian beer

Nonskimmer · 07-05-2006, 04:42 PM

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One thing that makes the young americans look bad is that they come here because the drinking age is 18

I thought it was 19. In any event, you're right. The vast majority of Americans are fine folks. I've met some wonderful people over the years, young and old. Young drunk American kids are no worse than young drunk kids from anywhere. They like to party it up, and sometimes get a little, shall we say, rambunctious. As long as they don't start destroying everything in sight or harassing everybody, they're OK in my book.

pbfoot · 07-05-2006, 06:07 PM

I'm have without doubt performed once or twice including one or two conduct unbecoming

plan_D · 07-05-2006, 07:09 PM

I said most of the places you listed weren't in Europe. That implies that at least some of the places are in Europe, syscom. You can't get much further from Europe than Singapore.

davparlr · 07-05-2006, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

, but there are some things that I can not agree with and I think that comes from Americans making stereotypes about Europeans on subjects that they do not know about or care to understand becuase it is not American.

Now having said that everyone makes stereotypes. The Europeans of the Americans, the Germans of the French, The British of the French, the Northern US of the Southern US and back and forth.

Is the majority of it true? No, but that is life.

Help me understand. And for your information I hold no grudges against those dam carpetbagging Yankees!!

PBFoot says "world outside the US which is the fault of the US media and educational systems". Typically we take a class in US history and one in World history. Are you implying that our world history courses are slanted (I'm sure it is) but that Canadian world history is not? What would you suggest would improve our understanding?

Your comments were appreciated.

We all have preceptions base on our media, the Germans are tree huggers with a few neo-nazis and anarchist, the Brits are all drunken soccer fans (this may be true), and Canadians all wear red suits and ride horses and have a dog (actually the Canadians have contributed so much to our culture that it is hard to think of them as anything but brothers and sisters.) The truth is, that the news always represents the worst.

plan_D · 07-05-2006, 07:51 PM

I have quite a few American friends, of all ages. And the more intelligent ones do inform that their World History class is quite pointless and bias. They have also griped about the American History class, one friend informed that she had to take it upon herself to learn about the American Revolution. A lot of Americans would find the truth quite shocking, as she did. But her intelligence, luckily, was shrouded by patriotic bias. The funny thing is, I've never known anyone more loving of their nation.

And 90% of the British are just loud-mouthed idiotic hooligans.

syscom3 · 07-05-2006, 08:10 PM

It was some Belgians in Tokyo that embarressed themselves

Some Frenchman in bangkok and Hongkong that infuriated the Chinese and Thai's

And some dumbass's from Britain and Germany in French Guiana that made fools of themselves.

And then theres all the Euro-tards that would go to the beach when I lived in Hermosa and Redondo that proved once and for all that the education standards in Europe arent what its cracked up to be.

The only people who seemed to never make an *** of themsleves were the aussies and scandanavians.

plan_D · 07-05-2006, 08:20 PM

I find it amusing that you attempt to attack Europe for stereotyping the U.S while you stereotype Europe. Quite the hypocrite.

In any case, the standards of European education are above anywhere else i the world. You may be shocked when visiting Europe that 90% of them speak fluent English. And you may be even more shocked when you discover that a lot of them can speak three or four languages.

When you went to all these places, did you actually attempt to embrace the culture? Merely going to a place does not give you a valid opinion. American culture has implanted itself everywhere, and it's so easy for an American abroad to act just like an American at home. Eat the same food, drink the same beer, talk with the same people.

Who am I kidding? You're a waste of time.

pbfoot · 07-05-2006, 08:22 PM

I think the easiest way to prove the difference is asking all these people from all over the world was when did WW2 start for a Canadian its Sept 10 1939

plan_D · 07-05-2006, 08:28 PM

Britain is taught 1st September, 1939. Although Britain wasn't in the war until the 3rd. China would say it started in 1931.

syscom3 · 07-05-2006, 08:40 PM

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I find it amusing that you attempt to attack Europe for stereotyping the U.S while you stereotype Europe. Quite the hypocrite.

So whats wrong with that? Europeans are among the most hypocritical people around. Just sticking it back at you.

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In any case, the standards of European education are above anywhere else i the world. You may be shocked when visiting Europe that 90% of them speak fluent English. And you may be even more shocked when you discover that a lot of them can speak three or four languages.

many so called "educated" europeans sure didnt prove it to anyone

[qote]When you went to all these places, did you actually attempt to embrace the culture? Merely going to a place does not give you a valid opinion. American culture has implanted itself everywhere, and it's so easy for an American abroad to act just like an American at home. Eat the same food, drink the same beer, talk with the same people.[/quote]

Well, yeah, sort of.....eat the local foods, go to the cultural sites and museums. sample the local brews. So I suppose I did.

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Who am I kidding? You're a waste of time.

Youre just jealous that Ive been to places youve never been to.