20 Things I've Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years: Slide Show

GOOD slideshow! I hope liberals concentrate on 5,10,16, and maybe 18!

I made a point about 5 just yesterday, or was it wednesday.

Someone made fun of sara palin not knowing a former prime minister of the UK earlier. I asked if the average american knew the P.M. of canada, or the CURRENT P.M. of the UK. I also stated how so many new countries have popped up.

BTW he didn't have to tell people he wasn't american. He traveled like a european. That was obvious from his travels, and his hint about the backpack.

I didn't see any real anti-american sentiment, other than a person that didn't want to speak danish, claimed to speak 8 languages, spoke to me in english, and STILL made MAJOR mistakes! But I TRIED to fit in. My danish aunt, and her husband, my uncle, said I DID! EVEN when I spoke, they sometimes took me for a DANE!

Still, I have seen how some americans, EVEN MILITARY, treated the danes and germans! It wasn't good. If I only saw examples like that, I would feel hatred of americans was WARRANTED! Luckily, I HAVE seen a lot of good also.

Steve

"A lot of good also."
Isn't that the truth.
Humans are so quick to judge.
Seriously, in my business, if I even THOUGHT about being judgmental--without having all the facts, and history--I would have MAYBE 50% of the customers I have.
Let's drop the judgements, live and let live, and pursue OUR OWN dreams (stop blaming others that my dreams haven't come true yet; 'cause I tell you what: My Dreams Are Coming True).

One thing I learned is the truth of a statement by writer James Boswell:

"Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience."

I've been to a lot of countries and speak a number of languages. All over the world I've met people who've only lived in one place and are much much wiser and more sensible than I am.

Well, When I speak of danes, Germans, and Swiss in this context, it IS from personal experience THERE, unless I say otherwise. And when I made the comment about usmilitary interactions, and americans with danes, I was referring to europe.

Happily, I was treated decently by all there except for one driver, that may have been turkish, a car rental person that also might have been, and that dane "travel agent" I spoke of. BTW I ALSO met some czechoslovakian people in germany that seemed nice, and they spoke german fine. I met a french kid in Switzerland that seemed fine also.

But YEAH, even a person, who is NICE and of irish descent and likes me, said he dislikes irish people and considers them JERKS. NOW, I am of irish descent, and I met some irish people here, from ireland, etc... that seemed nice. But some here said many irish are JERKS. BTW I don't know if you know it or not, but at one point a LOT of people in boston were Irish. So go figure.

Steve

#16 states govt is the problem in developing countries. I would
amend that to: "... is the problem."

IC'tSM

Lawrence would blow a head gasket about the comment that
the US and Canada share a common culture. Whether it's true
or not doesn't matter - head gasket. (where has Lawrence been,
anyway?)

Ken