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Rich said:
Why would anyone in their right mind want to?:confused:
Well...from my admittedly hasty calculations, there seems to be more completely miserable, xenophobic, whiners on that side of the pond than this one...to find a smile, a friendly face, a good cup of coffee, and a good lager perhaps?:D
 
nomorehype said:
St. Martin/St. Maarten, Antigua, Grenada, St. Lucia, and quite a few more are lovely places to visit, sufficiently worthy to ensure a night in mainland US to get there ;)
Yes but I think you get a warmer welcome in Cuba, pity the cruise doesn't start from there;)
 
KenHigg said:
Not at all. I think it's good you have an opinion instead of not caring at all - But you do have an opportunity here and now to dig a little deeper and find out what we are really like instead of hearing it all on the TV...

For example, I think the NRA goes a bit overboard and I'm a southern guy that likes to hunt :eek: ;)
The NRA are psychopaths, believing that their right to bear arms is sufficiently worthy to over-ride everyone elses right /not/ to get shot, usually drive a pickup and sleep with their sisters, and are typified by Heston's (in)famous "cold dead hand" quote. I'd happily see the lot of them put down in a humane manner
 
Bodisathva said:
.to find a smile, a friendly face, a good cup of coffee, and a good lager perhaps?:D
All false I'm afraid, if you want a genuine warm welcome then visit Canada, mind you their beer like yours, sucks:mad: :p
 
nomorehype said:
St. Martin/St. Maarten, Antigua, Grenada, St. Lucia, and quite a few more are lovely places to visit, sufficiently worthy to ensure a night in mainland US to get there ;)

Plus, if you want guns or drugs it seems to be the place to shop.

Kidding, Kidding :D :D :D
 
Bodisathva said:
Well...from my admittedly hasty calculations, there seems to be more completely miserable, xenophobic, whiners on that side of the pond than this one...

xenophobic? Ummm, nope, you picked the wrong horse there chum

Bodisathva said:
to find a smile, a friendly face, a good cup of coffee, and a good lager perhaps?:D

Smile and friendly face? Hahahahahhaha yeah right. Coffee, possibly. Lager? Foul, p*ssyellow stuff that does nothing but give you gas. When you boys work out how to brew a decent bitter, do let us know
 
Rich said:
All false I'm afraid, if you want a genuine warm welcome then visit Canada, mind you their beer like yours, sucks:mad: :p
Now, Now...the Molson Canadian isn't that bad. Some places in Canada do give you the warm-fuzzy when you visit...others are quite obviously not interested in hospitality.

Now what could you, being the warm, sweet, kind, generous, non-acerbic individual that you are, possibly do to anyone here to earn yourself anything but a warm welcome?:rolleyes:
 
Bodisathva said:
Now what could you, being the warm, sweet, kind, generous, non-acerbic individual that you are, possibly do to anyone here to earn yourself anything but a warm welcome?:rolleyes:
Be honest :rolleyes:
 
Bodisathva said:
Now what could you, being the warm, sweet, kind, generous, non-acerbic individual that you are, possibly do to anyone here to earn yourself anything but a warm welcome?:rolleyes:

Disagree with the herd mentality?
 
Bodisathva said:
Now, Now...the Molson Canadian isn't that bad.

Actually, it kinda is. For me, it's only good because it's the cheapest beer you can get in most bars here. Give me a Fort Garry Dark Ale (brewed here in Winnipeg) or a Big Rock Traditional Ale (brewed in Calgary), and I'll be drinking a good Canadian beer. :D
 
Rich said:
The original poster did say flag flying in their Garden, in your pic the flag is flying from the roof.
Don't Americans know the difference between a roof and a garden? :rolleyes:

What if it's a rooftop garden? :confused:
 
I was alluding to them not knowing the difference between a roof and a garden. A rooftop garden is both.
 
Well, Dan, you get your wish. So much for attempting a reasonable truce. :rolleyes:

nomorehype said:
Conventional wisdom doesn't agree with you, I'm afraid.
The things about conventional wisdom is it differes from group to group. So, unless you can explain the reasoning behind it it's pretty much worthless to refer to.

nomorehype said:
The deliverer of a message has absolutely no control over how it is received once it has left him.
If you're going to chide me for failing to read your posts, perhaps you could avoid looking like a total jackass by actually reading mine. I stated quite clearly that I agreed one cannot control how one's statements are received. You can repeat yourself all you want, but it doesn't make you any more correct and it doesn't address my point in the slightest way that a person is responsible for the clarity of their own communications. If you send me a message that says, "Take care of that, please" and I have no idea what you're talking about, who has failed to communcate? Me, for not understanding your meaning, or you for being unclear?

nomorehype said:
If I didn't care, I wouldn't have pointed out that no offence was intended, would I? Do try to keep up at the back. I make no apologies for your interpretation - if you choose to be offended, tough sh*t.
Wheeeee......!!!!!! Wow... a couple hours ago you managed to contradict yourself with two sentences in the same post. Now you top that by contradicting yourself within the same paragraph. "I care" followed by "Tough sh*t". Bloody brilliant. :D

And I can explain exactly why you would point out that no offense was intended when you actually don't care: because "no offense intended" is simply a justification for your behavior, an attempt to substitute neutrality with utter disregard for anyone else.

nomorehype said:
Thanks for the psycopath bit though :)
You're welcome. Except I said "sociopath", which is completely different than "psychopath". I seem to recall saying something a moment ago about reading and not looking like a jackass and such. Where was that again....?

nomorehype said:
Ooops, try reading more carefully. I stated that in the singular, Yanks dont seem so bad. In the group, they are definitely so. Ergo, my own experience backs up my assumptions of how Americans are as a group.
I like how you think this doesn't prove my point. Exactly what experiences have you had with a representative group of the American population?
 
Rich said:
Met them online here :eek: :rolleyes:

Well then you definitely have not had a bad experience with Americans then. They seem like a reasonable bunch. :D
 
Kraj said:
Well, Dan, you get your wish. So much for attempting a reasonable truce. :rolleyes:
Dont give me that b*ll*cks - you've already posted your opinion once but then decided to remove the post. Can't say as you come over as an unwilling combatant.
Kraj said:
The things about conventional wisdom is it differes from group to group. So, unless you can explain the reasoning behind it it's pretty much worthless to refer to.
So your group, consisting of you, one presumes, doesn't happen to to agree with the whole world. But of course /you're/ right, and they're all wrong. Okay, no probs, I got it.
Kraj said:
If you're going to chide me for failing to read your posts, perhaps you could avoid looking like a total jackass by actually reading mine.
Hang on, you're American, right? Then why would anyone in the world give a t*ss about whether you think they're a jackass? Your 'opinions' are simply the result of random synapses firing in the vaccuum between your ears.
Kraj said:
I stated quite clearly that I agreed one cannot control how one's statements are received. You can repeat yourself all you want, but it doesn't make you any more correct and it doesn't address my point in the slightest way that a person is responsible for the clarity of their own communications. If you send me a message that says, "Take care of that, please" and I have no idea what you're talking about, who has failed to communcate? Me, for not understanding your meaning, or you for being unclear?
I communicated, you misinterpreted. QED.
Kraj said:
Wheeeee......!!!!!! Wow... a couple hours ago you managed to contradict yourself with two sentences in the same post. Now you top that by contradicting yourself within the same paragraph. "I care" followed by "Tough sh*t". Bloody brilliant. :D
D'oh, more random synapses... I 'cared' to point out that you misinterpreted something. The fact that you /did/ misinterpret it is, as I pointed out, tough sh*t.
Kraj said:
And I can explain exactly why you would point out that no offense was intended when you actually don't care: because "no offense intended" is simply a justification for your behavior, an attempt to substitute neutrality with utter disregard for anyone else.
Sort of like "You're a retard. Oh, but I was only kidding" ? Problem with that hypothesis is that I don't overly care how you feel about it.
Kraj said:
You're welcome. Except I said "sociopath", which is completely different than "psychopath". I seem to recall saying something a moment ago about reading and not looking like a jackass and such. Where was that again....?
Wow, you caught me out in typing the wrong word! Hey, guy, kudos to you. Yer ferkin brilliant, innit? I tell you what, you can have that one - I can't be bothered to play pedant by pointing out the numerous innacuracies of your own diatribes.
Kraj said:
I like how you think this doesn't prove my point. Exactly what experiences have you had with a representative group of the American population?
I'm genuinely sorry that you're too thick to understand plain English, so I'll have one more go at helping you understand. Individually, the Yanks I've met are not bad chaps/chapettes. The groups of Yanks I've come across, as evidenced by both UK media and your own, appear to have all the intellect of your average coffee-table. Now that is my opinion, granted, but I'm afraid the mere fact that I believe it to be true means you're unlikely to change my mind simply by whining about it.
 

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