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Originally Posted by chinthee  You know all this talk about how ethnocentric Americans are (or thick or stupid) makes me laugh. Thais are exactly the same. You find this anyplace where the locals don't think they need anybody or anyplace else. |
This is true, you can find this lack of knowledge of the world all over the globe, even in Thailand. I had a Thai friend once ask me why I hadn't yet visited a mutual friend who had immigrated to Texas in order to marry a guy there. I told her that Texas is very far away from my state, it would not be very easy for me to do. I had to show her on a map how New York City And Austin are not any where near each other, actually it is the same distance as Chiang Mai is from Shanghai.
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Originally Posted by chinthee Don't mistake this for stupidity. The US is not the world's only hyperpower by chance. A lot of its success stems from its Anglo-Saxon common law and cultural background.
Most of the US bashing stems from either jealousy, envy, disagreement with policies, or having met a very small percentage of the 300 million people and making rash judgments based on old stereotypes. |
I agree.
This is similar to the cases like when the most rich, popular and prettiest girl in a school is replaced by a new girl, who is even more prettier and and popular. The former top alpha girl , insecure in her new demoted role, becomes jealous and envious of the new girls position in the power social group, and the school in general. She secretly does not like the new girl,and sometimes bad mouths her behind her back, but being a veteran of the group, knows enough to still be good friends with her, and try to maintain good relations ( by giving advice, etc. ), in order to remain in the power
hierarchy of that school....
Sort of what happens in this movie...
This ad picture of this movie sort of represents US - Europe relations, don't you think?...
And speaking of making rash judgments based on old stereotypes.....
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Originally Posted by chinthee Just like everyone thinks all Aussies wrastle crockodiles. |
......And to think that all this time I thought that Croc Wrestling ( along with World Geography ) was a major course in the core
curriculum for
Australian schools......
