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Thread #55429   Message #861962
Posted By: Kim C
08-Jan-03 - 05:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who loathes the USA: A quiz from the BBC
Subject: RE: BS: Who loathes the USA: A quiz from the BBC
I don't necessarily believe that the whole world hates the USA as much as I believe the media enjoys making us believe that the whole world hates the USA. Our own media included.

I have travelled to Europe, and had a great time. People were nice to me everywhere I went, including Paris. Yes. People were nice to me in Paris. I was shocked because all my life I'd heard that the French hate us and are incredibly rude. That was not my experience at all. Sure, a couple of people giggled at my attempts to speak French, and some politely corrected my grammar. But they were all willing to try to communicate with me, even if it meant waving their arms around and making hand gestures, and in one case, drawings.

I have no doubt that SOME people don't like us. But I don't think ALL, or even MOST, people are that way. If they were, we would not have so many visitors and immigrants in America.