The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47562   Message #712704
Posted By: DougR
17-May-02 - 11:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Are Americans 'insular'?
Subject: RE: BS: Are Americans 'insular'?
A legitimate complaint, I think. When one is asking a question relating to something like, "Where can you buy a good guitar?" It certainly would be helpful to identify the paremiters of where you are willing to shop.

I think the question, though, speaks more to the bias so many people have for the U. S. (I'm not referring to those who live here ...God knows there are ample people who live here that delight in denigrating our country). There may be, on the Mudcat, a tendency to reply to questions with U. S. answers because the Mudcat is based in the U. S.

Does it really matter though? If someone replies to a question and the reply relates to a location in the U. S., those in the U. S. that are interested will take note of it. The next post, offering an answer, however, may be from Australia, and those there will ...oh well, you know what I mean.

DougR

DougR