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04-16-2009, 07:40 AM

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Its a misconception....Americans are spoilt and not lazy.An Amercan wants to buy a cigarette from a mall down the street and he takes his SUV instead of walking, he might be very hardworking in fact.

See being spoilt is seen as laziness in some parts of the world.
Not exactly a ringing endorsement, and still simply a stereotype. Of course there are spoiled Americans...every first-world country has spoiled individuals.

But that is still a stereotype, and far from my experience.

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Yeah that, and America turned its back on them.
What are you talking about? The French and Americans are working to get rid of the Somali pirates.

I love how we want the US to stop being the world's police until the moment we WANT the US to be the world's police.

"Mind your own business, but don't turn your back on us."

Last edited by MMM : 04-16-2009 at 07:45 AM.