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Old 4th Sep 2006, 20:49
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Originally Posted by flash8
Whilst I met many good decent people, I often found that the inbred american conviction "we are always right" damned irritating. It was almost an evangelical philosophy. We are superior, just trust us and we will make it all right.
That, and a complete lack of regard to cultural sensitivity, verging on some occasions on the catastrophic made me glad I got out of that scene.
Soon as I heard about this incident I just knew you boys were involved. Nothing personal here, but that says a lot to me.
When Britainia Ruled The Waves, were they so different? Seems that's what the leading country of the time tends to do. Not defending it, just look at how it's not an American invention.

And we've done our fair share of making some things better, some not so good. One never hears about the good things, however.