Perhaps not, but all we have to work with is what we read from their press and how Europeans behave online. Of course, the loudest and most obnoxious of them garner the most attention, and this is where we base our stereotypes. This is not an unnatural behavior.
For example, have a look at what a Brit said on an online PC gaming forum. To preface this, he was lamenting the fact that people with better PCs are better at the game simply because they have better PCs. While the validity of this fact is up for debate, his sense of entitlement shines through like a 400 watt bulb behind tissue paper. And I quote:
yeah, whatever.... but what do you think about the whole thing of MONEY = POWER on pc games & the unfairness of that?
For reference and context:
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=447016&perpage=30&highlight=&pagenumber=1
This statement, coupled with the dozens if not hundreds of statements and complaints by Europeans about cultural values or America and Americans tend to build up stereotypes. Of course I would be foolish to believe that that quote represents all of the UK or that an American would never have typed such a thing, but this is the most recent example of the European cultural "flavor" that I have seen.
Yes, our cultures are different, and I think the rift that has formed won't be healed anytime soon, no matter who is perched in the Oval Office. So let the culture war rage on and perhaps we can have a victor without a shot being fired.
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Yes, our cultures are different, and I think the rift that has formed won't be healed anytime soon, no matter who is perched in the Oval Office.
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Dunno about that. Everyone over here seems to love Bill Clinton.
Maybe I should emmigrate....
Of whom? More often than not the vengeful man fall into the pit he has dug for another.