I travel. I travel a lot. Therefore, I see this a LOT and the attitude that begets it is insulting. The insinuation (these people make) that ALL Americans are stupid, ignorant, sots and to be avoided at all costs is just as senseless as the stereotype that many Americans have that all Candians are back bacon eating hockey fans who use 'eh' as a noun, verb, and adverb.
Besides, half the student backpackers that are guilty of the above are no more culturally aware than most student Americans I run into. Case in point: The *adamently* Canadian student I had to lead through Bethlehem a few years back. He was wandering off into a Palestinian riot and had no idea what 'that flag' they were waving was. It was the Palestinian flag.
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Date: 2003-12-08 01:45 pm (UTC)Besides, half the student backpackers that are guilty of the above are no more culturally aware than most student Americans I run into. Case in point: The *adamently* Canadian student I had to lead through Bethlehem a few years back. He was wandering off into a Palestinian riot and had no idea what 'that flag' they were waving was. It was the Palestinian flag.