Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Miscellaneous Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:55:15 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:55:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e75fa56a6fc530a2d550f536a4dcede4"; logging-data="1103197"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197/WeoWzFmHRZOc97ruofh" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:nbKZAm1OACw21JvLcHGYZ3aEfsE= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3111 On 10/28/2024 1:42 AM, JAB wrote: > On 27/10/2024 17:42, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well one I find even more annoying is those from the US that seem >>>>> to think this US Constitution applies to all countries. The clue is >>>>> in the name! >>>> >>>> The 800 pound gorilla doesn't have  to be polite.  :P  But the same >>>> attitude exists in all large countries.  I'm not disagreeing with >>>> you, just noting. >>>> >>> >>> I'm not saying that they don't exist in other countries but instead >>> compared to its peers the US seems head-and-shoulders in this >>> respect. It probably doesn't help that a lot of my experience comes >>> from being in Dallas where it seems to be mandatory to have really >>> strong views on the UK while being totally ignorant of the UK. >> >> Texas is notably xenophobic even for the US. > > The other part I found strange is just how visible religion is. We used > to go to a little Brazilian cafe for breakfast and turning up on Sunday, > jam packed with people many of which did that whole holding hands and > praying before eating. Your good didn't make that food, the people in > the kitchen did so go and thank them! I know Europeans think all Americans are gun nuts (we're not, some of us don't feel the need to be carrying around a gun all the time or have an armory in our homes) but Americans KNOW many Texans ARE gun nuts. I traveled around the US when I was younger and Texas is the only place I saw where a family-friendly restaurant had to have a sign outside the front door asking patrons to leave their guns in their cars. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.