Nasty European at Statue of Liberty

[celtic gal]

You did the right thing. You stood up for our country and your kids saw that you did this..you did not let the eruotrash get away with that.
Truth be told, and despite the Ugly American charge against us, the Europeans are haughty and frankly jealous of our country. They think of us as upstarts who have not paid our dues when in fact we have bailed their sorry a$$e$ out of two world wars and now are trying to get them to understand the threat of terrorism that is right in their midst..yet they don’t and won’t support us in an effort to defeat that with the exception of the Irish, Brits, Aussies, and a few others...the mainstream europeans...can go to H$II

[farlander]

Well done!

[celtic gal]

When I was in Scotland a couple years ago touring Glamis Castle ( birth place of the Queen MUM) there was a group of Germans in the whole group of us and they talked loudly over the docent and we could not hear the history. Finally a Brit with Grit told them to button it up, be polite or get out. We should do no less..and just because the $$ is weak just now is not an excuse to let them get away with insulting our country..we don’t need their euros that badly. Lord knows they don’t have anything that we don’t excpet for old buildings...and bad teeth.

[Bogey78O]

Yea, I was wondering that. The southern slavic imo can sound like either depending upon the words and dialect.

[celtic gal]

except....Taco the cat was helping me type..what can I say...he loves the computer and FreeRepublic.

[buck jarret]

Almost one who actually lives in NY has ever set foot there.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

I am SO tired of hearing the “f” word and other slang words and seeing the “finger” when something happens that is just probably a mistake. It’s all about ME nowadays.

Lately, I just stand by and clap with a stern look on my face when someone is being rude. I also love to pull up to someone who has tried to cut me off to get the spot right in front of me at a red light and just give them a hand (clapping that is!) and mouth bravo to them.

Sad, but there are really many ugly Americans who go to other countries so some come here and act bad to get us back. But, thanks for giving them a piece of your mind as the world probably thinks we are just cut-and-runners when things aren’t going our way. Just like the war, we aren’t fighting it, we’re just putting up with it, IMHO.

[buck jarret]

I meant, almost no one from NY has been to visit the Statue.

[SolidWood]

You could have alway tried the polite but correct question-

Did American soldiers save your family from the Nazis?

Or was your family supporting the Nazis?

Good one. But if the situation ever arises for you to use this phrase against Eurotrash, here the correct German translation:

Haben Amerikanische Soldaten ihre Familie vor den Nazis gerettet? Oder hat ihre Familie die Nazis unterstützt?

[monkeyshine]

They hate America and all she stands for but thank God every night the Soviets or Nazis aren’t their overlords.

[Bon mots]

My wife was trying to look away, so I walked close to the family and spat on the ground behind them in absolute disgust.

You should not have done that.
Next time, please spit on the punk.

[the invisib1e hand]

Well, I do and I have.

[wideawake]

The Statue of Liberty is Federal Property, Different kind of cops.

Point taken.

But I would guess that law enforcement presence on Liberty Island is far more concerned with potential terrorist activity than a scuffle between two non-terrorists.

[stevio]

You da FReepin’ Man!!!!

[Palladin]

I agree 100%!

[Lowcountry]

Thanks for all the comments! I don't do a lot of second guessing, but I've never been in this situation with foreigners on US soil.

All I can say is that I hope all Americans will wake up and start standing up for what is right and good in our country and not let the Euro, Asian, Middle Easterners mock our contry anywhere without a fight or argument.

[Lowcountry]

Thanks for all the comments! I don't do a lot of second guessing, but I've never been in this situation with foreigners on US soil.

All I can say is that I hope all Americans will wake up and start standing up for what is right and good in our country and not let the Euro, Asian, Middle Easterners mock our contry anywhere without a fight or argument.

[seoul62]

My situation was on foreign soil: KLM Hopper flight from Amsterdam to Duesseldorf, trying to get into my seat, I said excuse me to this European man, he said: are you American and I said yes, settled into my seat reading time magazine, article on Bush and he said: Your President is a Cowboy and I do not like him. He was expecting me to be in perfect socialist unison and agree with him and I said to his shocked face: that I liked the President, and in my New York accent: What's your problem? He was hesitant, and I noticed a trace German accent from the beginning, so I asked what are you? He replied: I am German, so I said: Let's talk about someone that you do know and he said who? I said Adolf Hitler, that's who. To which he replied: I do not want to talk about him, so I waived my finger at him and two snaps and said: before you pass judgement on my President, check your own house!!!!!! Needless to say, I shut him up for the rest of the flight./Just Asking - seoul62........

[ViLaLuz]

Thank you for protecting our country’s honor. If my family were there we would have joined you.

[stevio]

I’m 110% with you my FRiend!