tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post1304211175079647939..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: Very American in a Good WayChris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-17676434910044006002010-10-15T12:36:13.916-04:002010-10-15T12:36:13.916-04:00That's great, Sara -- I guess that sums it up!...That's great, Sara -- I guess that sums it up!Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-36677766672001643892010-10-15T10:32:36.914-04:002010-10-15T10:32:36.914-04:00I saw a comedian recently who said he figured out ...I saw a comedian recently who said he figured out why the rest of the world hated us...he made this analogy: New Jersey is to America as America is to the rest of the world.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298094603333025907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-23562869853553125412010-10-13T14:10:24.131-04:002010-10-13T14:10:24.131-04:00Well put. Government, media, etc, presents such a ...Well put. Government, media, etc, presents such a narrow window. If anyone looks at us through that narrow window, we are in trouble. Glad to hear you have seen deeper perception.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-14531713055714151932010-10-13T00:19:25.194-04:002010-10-13T00:19:25.194-04:00My limited experience with Europeans tells me that...My limited experience with Europeans tells me that,for the most part,they really like Americans. What the rest of the world does not like is the American government and they are able to seperate the two. Americans seem to have a hard time doing that. I think what Europeans like most about Americans is what we love most about young people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-36043979002801931922010-10-11T21:16:41.136-04:002010-10-11T21:16:41.136-04:00Beloved? Well, alright.Beloved? Well, alright.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-29890561058424850842010-10-11T19:44:00.845-04:002010-10-11T19:44:00.845-04:00Look at it from the human perspective. Every socie...Look at it from the human perspective. Every society is prone to misjudgment and exaggeration of anything that is, in all senses, different. Most Americans find the French as spiteful toward Americans whether due to comedic media or gossip from person to person. In some ways they are, but they must think we feel the same about them, as we mostly do. One French I know is one of the nicest people and often insists the stereotype of "American hating French" is just that, a false stereotype. So at this point I feel the social tension between countries is not a dislike, but a dislike of falsified dislike.<br /><br />I hope I made some sort of sense.<br /><br />Your beloved devotee, TroendleZachary Troendlenoreply@blogger.com