On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:49:00 -0500 (EST), Mark Weaver said:
Hi Mark,
I happen to be what the "high class Americans" call a "red-neck" But I
still like all of my fellow Linux friends. <smile>
BTW: I have been "out of the country too" <even bigger smile>
> I would think that it would be one of two things that cause this.
>
> 1) plain old American arrogance
>
> 2) a very "small" world view caused mainly by spending too much time in
> ones own back yard and not having enough contact with the outside world.
>
> America being as big "physically" speaking as it is I wouldn't be all that
> surprised to find out that 80% of its population has never been out of the
> country. That doesn't include Canada or Mexico. I'm refering to off the
> continent adventures and such. Its surprising how different the outlook
> and attitude of the Europeans is from that of the Americans. Being an
> American myself the difference between the European and American world
> views is sometimes startlingly great.
>
> Just my two cents...
>
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David Boles
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