Re: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (wasRe:Hardworking?)

[Julia Thompson]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, J. van Baardwijk wrote:

> At 09:59 10-6-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> 
> >1) Americans are uniquely and prevalently loud and rude. A polite American
> >tourist is the exception that proves the rule. Tourists from other countries
> >are not nearly so bad as American tourists.
> 
> I certainly never said that. Tourists from other countries are quite
> capable of showing exactly the same behaviour. The example of
> *American* tourist seemed more appropriate here, because most posters
> on this list are American. Had the majority been German, the example
> of German tourists would have been used. (Yes, we do have some
> complaints about them, too.  <grin>)

What are the differences between the typical German tourists and typical
American tourists, then?

        Julia