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# can you be two things?
isn't that cheating?
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:46, archived)
# Well Americans
are thick AND they're cunts!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:48, archived)
# As entertaining as yank-bashing is,
there really isn't much difference between that and any other form of racism/generalization.

I don't agree with a LOT of their policies, but to generalise them all as thick cunts is missing the point a bit.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:56, archived)
# But without some generalisation
it becomes impossible to discuss something casually,
otherwise we all gotta carry a library around with us!

And they DID vote for Bush last time! C'mon!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:00, archived)
# there was quite a bit of yank-bashing
back when Clinton was president.

So it has litle to do with policy
and a lot more to do with people's
feelings of inadequacy.
(I helped save b3ta! Purple Onion, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:04, archived)
# Agreed.

I've no problem saying that they generally make very agressive, sort sighted, really fucked up political decisions and their people are generally xenophobic with no global perspective.

But to call them all idiots and cunts is just not doing them justice.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:06, archived)
# It's not racism
American is a nationality, not a race.

So it's not racism, it's just good, old fashioned nationalistic bombast and xenophobia. Not racism.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:01, archived)
# Yes
and as such, we're merely dishing out as good as we get
(I helped save b3ta! Spunk Murphy Tchaikovsky is a synonym for fanny, apparently, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:03, archived)
# Just say The English to an American
they say Teeth, at length, 'cos in the grand scale of things,
THAT"S obviously all that matters, innit? That's ALL we've ever accomplished.

Someone should give Bush a book on the British Empire, so he can see:

A: How things used to be, and
B: Why it's such a bad idea!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:09, archived)
# yes yes
but by your logic, we then wouldn't be able to point out that EVERY french man rides a bike whilst wearing a black and white stripey top with onions round his neck, and we wouldn't be able to say the germans nick the sun beds.

stereotypes are fun.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:04, archived)
# Of course steriotypes can be fun.


Being British in Canada leads to lots of people coming up with fun steriotypes about the British, of which I play into sometimes, other times I pretend to be offended by their 'racism'.

It's tough to be offended by steriotypes if you're secure in your identity as a person or a race, but they *can* lead to skewed thinking.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:10, archived)
# Yep, you can be two things if both countries have agreements to allow such things.

I'm British/Canadian. I believe I'd have to give up the British if I ever wanted to become American though (which I'll never do).
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 15:53, archived)