most of theAmericans i have met are adamant that Washington was AMERICAN!!!..can grasp the concept that he was born in Britain
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Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:10,
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But he was American though......I think he kind of turned his back on being British with that whole declaration of independence thing.
I'll bet he won't be supporting England in the rugby world cup.
(I'll bet he won't be supporting England in the rugby world cup.
Mystery_Bob,
Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:14,
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WellYou know for a fact that america has no real history itself. I mean - they consider 1881 to be pretty much the dawn of time for them. There was nothing before that! In the same way that there was no War that we'd been fighting for so bloody long. And yeah - I'll admit - we couldnt have won the war without you. But then - you couldnt have done it without us. Because we'd already spent several years beating the Nazis with sticks before you came along and finished them off. Ooh big deal. We weakend them.
Anwyay - there is nothing before america. I doubt the americans study "Prehistoric man" because he never existed after 1881. Anyway - they dont need to study prehistoric neanderthal men. They just watch the 10 o clock news and read about how he's on visit to england at the moment.
-rant over-
...maybe.
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Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:14,
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Anwyay - there is nothing before america. I doubt the americans study "Prehistoric man" because he never existed after 1881. Anyway - they dont need to study prehistoric neanderthal men. They just watch the 10 o clock news and read about how he's on visit to england at the moment.
-rant over-
...maybe.
Most of the Americans I know......are intelligent, educated people who are well aware that there is a big world outside America that has done lots of stuff without them.
There may well be a majority of Americans who take no interest in foreign affairs, but how many average Britons take an interest in the political situation and history of, say Mexico for instance? Beyond what we see on the 10 O'Clock news anyway.
To class all Americans as narrow minded, jingoistic fools is to indulge in exactly the kind of behaviour you accuse them of.
(There may well be a majority of Americans who take no interest in foreign affairs, but how many average Britons take an interest in the political situation and history of, say Mexico for instance? Beyond what we see on the 10 O'Clock news anyway.
To class all Americans as narrow minded, jingoistic fools is to indulge in exactly the kind of behaviour you accuse them of.
Mystery_Bob,
Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:19,
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True true.But im bitter. And Im applying a stereotype. Same way as you view us brits as angry bitter pathetic ... oh wait ....
Anyway - more to the point - Do we dump our garbage in your country?
You seem to be under the misapprehension......that I am American. I am Scottish.
I wouldn't blame an average American about having toxic waste brought here for disposal - there will be people on both sides of the Atlantic making large amounts of money on that deal, that's why we're getting it.
Nationality has nothing to do with that one.
(I wouldn't blame an average American about having toxic waste brought here for disposal - there will be people on both sides of the Atlantic making large amounts of money on that deal, that's why we're getting it.
Nationality has nothing to do with that one.
Mystery_Bob,
Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:24,
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I wasnttalking about toxic waste. I was talking about the President.
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Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:26,
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From your viewpoint of Wales......I think you have no grounds to mock me.
( Mystery_Bob,
Fri 21 Nov 2003, 2:28,
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