Need an opinion from ya'll

[Erik]

Don't mention the war . . .

Oh I dunno, I think Americans are quite willing to discuss Iraq these days.

[littlejimmy]

No, we're not like the French. That's why we're so flipping miserable.

I think the Mediterranean peoples have life sussed, and the transition following peak oil is going to be a lot less stressful for them. IMHO.

[Vortex]

No, we're not like the French. That's why we're so flipping miserable

I suspect that Brits fall into one of two general groups:
- French compatible
- German compatible

[littlejimmy]

No, we're not like the French. That's why we're so flipping miserable

I suspect that Brits fall into one of two general groups:
- French compatible
- German compatible

I like 'em both. Lived in Germany for a long time as a kid, and have had several great holidays in France. Oh, and Americans are cool too.

[Aurora]

No, we're not like the French. That's why we're so flipping miserable

I suspect that Brits fall into one of two general groups:
- French compatible
- German compatible

And then there's the BNP.

[Norfolk In Chance]

As somebody once said...'It doesn't matter where you're from, It's where you're at that counts'...

Complete f**kwits seem to be fairly evenly distributed across the globe.

[Vortex]

That's not the BNP ... THOSE bods seem to regard the BNP as a load of softies ...

[Vortex]

Complete f**kwits seem to be fairly evenly distributed across the globe.

Cultural background has a 'programming' effect too.

You CAN get 'national traits'.

[MisterE]

Worked in almost if every major city in Germany, and in countless towns and villages over 4yrs really liked the Germans. They can be fickle and they do treat immigrants from Czech and Poland like dirt. On site they are defo not liked, treated like slaves and you can see a glint of the old ways in the Germans eyes. I got many German friends that I visit from time to time, all hate their past, to which I often explain every other country has often commited the same evil or similar even if on a lesser scale. But all in all I really love Germany and the people especially the schwabisch. Also worked in the south of france for 6 months, reeeeeeelaxed that was

[RenewableCandy]

Complete f**kwits seem to be fairly evenly distributed across the globe.

Cultural background has a 'programming' effect too.

You CAN get 'national traits'.

Possibly. But I don't think f**kwittery (or lack of it) is one, though.

[bobthebaker]

As you may or may not know, I live across the puddle. I am interested in finding out your views on americans. If I were other in europe, I would be asking myself how deep the conditioned somnolence really is if US citizens simply acquiesce to draconian social policy.

Just wanna know what ya'll think. . .

Do you live up to the stereotype of being clinically obese?

[Adam1]

...But all in all I really love Germany and the people especially the schwabisch...

The stereotype amongst many of the other German tribes is that they are tight-fisted.

[SunnyJim]

If you have to look as America as a race, you can't really forgive the re-election of Bush. As individuals, Americans are, well... individuals.

Vortex, those look very like the BNP that I saw campaigning in my local town recently. Very very scary people.

[biffvernon]

Vortex, those look very like the BNP that I saw campaigning in my local town recently. Very very scary people.

Doesn't this forum have filters for that sort of pornography? And just what is that girl tucked under the evil bloke's left armpit thinking?

[Andy Hunt]

And just what is that girl tucked under the evil bloke's left armpit thinking?

"Did I leave the iron plugged in . . . ?"