reply to post by Bong Sau
Ahhh, but you are making so many assumptions. How can you know that those US citizens who espouse certain views you disagree with are ignorant fools
who have never left their porch let alone seen any of the world or read a book (I’m sure if I looked diligently enough I would find a “fat” and
“spoiled” in your writings as well)? Your arrogance amazes me. Do you have any idea just how large this country is? The earth’s sixth largest
continent, Europe, is about four million square miles in size, and covers an area just a little larger than the United States. While we consist of
fifty states, Europe is seven geographic regions: British Isles (UK & Ireland); Scandinavia (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark); Southern
Europe (Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Malta, San Marino, and Vatican City); Central Europe (German Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Poland, and
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary); Southeastern Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Romania,
Bulgaria, Greece, and the European part of Turkey); Easter Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, the European part of Russia
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan); Western Europe (France Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Monaco).
How can you presume the surf shop owner in LA is the same as the jeweler in NYC, the card dealer in Vegas, the professor at Ames, the rancher outside
of OKC, the shrimper in Bar Harbor, the gang member is DC, the farmer in Lincoln, the IT tech in Seattle, the plumber in Clovis, or the teacher in
Atlanta? Is a citizen of Sarajevo like the one in Paris? Is an old lady in Copenhagen interchangeable with one in Rome? Yet people from other
nations want to group us together as though we are some homogenous population. I think you have seen a few too many YouTube videos where some cretin
went out onto the streets of NYC to ask questions and edited out all but the most asinine responses and presented them to the world as typical. We
all know there are those in this country who are dumb as dirt (every country has those) and Hollywood promotes that fallacy – after all, Married
with Children is a lot more fun than our National Geographic specials. But, don’t make the mistake of thinking the US isn’t full of talented,
well-read, well-traveled, and hardworking people who are trying to make their world a better place. Yes, we are one country and have one federal
government. Many of us work together. But, we are not all the same. You really do not have a clue.
[edit on 13-6-2009 by mjfromga]