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chikinlitl
tranceaddict in training

Registered: Dec 2004
Location: TXTA #89
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Bill Gates, George Foreman, George Strait, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConoughey, Patrick Swayzee, Phylicia Rashaad, Steve Martin, Tommy Lee Jones, Nolan Ryan...
All from Texas. It really is a kewl place. I think you should visit. Not many TP's to hotbox here, but if you go deep into MX, I'm sure you'll find reservation where someone will be willing to share. 
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Jan-31-2005 23:41
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gbm
Senior tranceaddict

Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Houston, USA
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| quote: | Originally posted by Ian^
You've missed the point however that we've happily taken onboard the views & advice given to us, how else will we know what places are really like when all we have is biases media sources etc, eg the only texan I know is Stone Cold Steve Austin, who Am I to say that every1 isn't a clone of him. I've been interested reading it anyway, so don't think we're ignorant, everyone is ignorant if they don't know facts, but at least we've been told some |
Wow. Well, let's tackle (football reference here [and that's American football not SOCCER]) this:
"...we've happily taken onboard the views & advice given to us...when all we have is biases [biased] media sources etc...at least we've been told some "
Anyone else find that statement completely idiotic? Nationalism aside, that's like saying, 'I know the sources I get information from are at best biased, BUT I'm gonna believe everything they cram down my throat and I'm happy that they told me what to believe because I lack the desire, intelligence, or curiosity to discover it for myself.'
If I believed everything I was told about the UK, I'd think God saved the queen (from what I don't know), all the women are butt ugly (thank God for Kate Beckinsale), all the cows are mad, the Spice Girls are the most talented artists in the UK, cheers isn't a sitcom, it's an Aloha, the British parliament is a joke since all they do is laugh during the prime minister's questions, the UK is really a country ruled by the English and everyone else being slaves to them, and the US always had to save them during times of conflict (like from Germany who's people blindly believed everything Hitler told them except for Schindler apparently).
OR....I could just ask what it's like....maybe like on a forum where...ummm...let's see....people from different countries gather...to....oh i don't know...talk about stuff...hmmmm...probably a bad idea...nevermind... 
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Feb-02-2005 06:43
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Ian
Not dead yet.
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: UK
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| quote: | Originally posted by gbm
If I believed everything I was told about the UK, I'd think God saved the queen (from what I don't know), all the women are butt ugly (thank God for Kate Beckinsale), all the cows are mad, the Spice Girls are the most talented artists in the UK, cheers isn't a sitcom, it's an Aloha, the British parliament is a joke since all they do is laugh during the prime minister's questions, the UK is really a country ruled by the English and everyone else being slaves to them, and the US always had to save them during times of conflict (like from Germany who's people blindly believed everything Hitler told them except for Schindler apparently).
OR....I could just ask what it's like....maybe like on a forum where...ummm...let's see....people from different countries gather...to....oh i don't know...talk about stuff...hmmmm...probably a bad idea...nevermind... |
the whole generilisations there on the UK are pretty much spot on While I can understand that you say we should find out for ourselves, sometimes that's not possible, and to ask the people from wherever is as close to finding out the truth as we can get. It's not trying to be ignorant, it's trying to learn so we can move on from the cliches to actually know something 
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Feb-02-2005 10:18
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