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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Miscellaneous
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:55:15 -0700
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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.