http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/ from the bowels of the mind Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:36:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 bosco Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:27:37 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/#comment-1387 Yup really.  I don't argue with people from other countries that much.  I do however tend to knock Americans quite a bit for not seeing other parts of the world.  I would do the same to a person from England who's never seen places with fundamentally different ways of thinking.  On the subject of travel I've adopted my dads view of, "I'd rather see a thousand places than read a thousand books".  That being said I may be going to africa two summers from now, if anyone is interested in such a venture.  Also, I've always wanted to see Israel if anyone is interested in taking a trip there. Yup really.  I don’t argue with people from other countries that much.  I do however tend to knock Americans quite a bit for not seeing other parts of the world.  I would do the same to a person from England who’s never seen places with fundamentally different ways of thinking.  On the subject of travel I’ve adopted my dads view of, "I’d rather see a thousand places than read a thousand books".  That being said I may be going to africa two summers from now, if anyone is interested in such a venture.  Also, I’ve always wanted to see Israel if anyone is interested in taking a trip there.

]]> http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 beetlbumjl Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:43:08 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/#comment-1386 The English can deride us all they want, but do they know what's going on in Estonia or Moldova, which are perhaps as away from London as San Francisco is from New York?  I cherry picked the locations, but I think there's a better chance of me hearing about interesting news in say Idaho than the Brit about Moldova. The English can deride us all they want, but do they know what’s going on in Estonia or Moldova, which are perhaps as away from London as San Francisco is from New York?  I cherry picked the locations, but I think there’s a better chance of me hearing about interesting news in say Idaho than the Brit about Moldova.

]]> http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 bile Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:57:08 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/#comment-1385 Really? It's the first thing I bring up. Europeans have countries the size of our states and then criticize us for not leaving the country. We have just about everything here.... we don't need to leave. Really? It’s the first thing I bring up. Europeans have countries the size of our states and then criticize us for not leaving the country. We have just about everything here…. we don’t need to leave.

]]> http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 bosco Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/#comment-1384 I've never thought about America being shortchanged in that respect due to our geographical size.  Interesting. I’ve never thought about America being shortchanged in that respect due to our geographical size.  Interesting.

]]> http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 beetlbumjl Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:54:38 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/#comment-1383 I'll give the angel believers a half pass (it's religious, so 99% of the time it's not worth the bother arguing), but these people are real dolts.  I love the "worldly" Brit who "holidays" on a Spanish beach or French countryside, but could really care less about world affairs, let alone those on the continent. I think Americans get short changed in this respect since our country is relatively huge in comparison to our European cousins. After regularly <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/default.stm" rel="nofollow">reading this</a>, I'm convinced they're equally as ignorant and racist. I’ll give the angel believers a half pass (it’s religious, so 99% of the time it’s not worth the bother arguing), but these people are real dolts.  I love the "worldly" Brit who "holidays" on a Spanish beach or French countryside, but could really care less about world affairs, let alone those on the continent. I think Americans get short changed in this respect since our country is relatively huge in comparison to our European cousins. After regularly reading this, I’m convinced they’re equally as ignorant and racist.

]]> http://blogofbile.com/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 bosco Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:06:15 +0000 http://www.landofbile.com/blog/2008/02/08/brits-appear-are-just-as-ignorant-as-americans/#comment-1382 I walked by a history classroom the other day and heard a kid telling the teacher that Otto Von Bismark was the current prime minister of England. I walked by a history classroom the other day and heard a kid telling the teacher that Otto Von Bismark was the current prime minister of England.

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