Originally Posted by jjmerago

Then that wouldn't be your opinion would it? Your opinion of other countries are based on that persons experiences not your own. My question would be this ... What if the guy your studying is an asshole and in the countries he went to was treated different because of that ... so in his arrogance he writes that country 'x' is stupid. You being sloth like thinks this is fact as not having left your house his opinion is all you can go by does this really count then a real formed opinion? Opinions are ones own and cannot be formed from someone else's.

But alas this attitude is common with most americans I come across. Its not there fault as this is the culture in which your raised narrow focus on your own kind so as not to question your country if attacked you just sign up and do as told.

That being said I think these past 8 years of war have opened many young american eyes and they are realizing the rest of the world really doesn't like them based on the attitudes they were raised on.
I have many American friends and I love traveling in the states and have never had any issues with contact I have had with the many yanks i've come across.

Mark Twain said once " An American is a kind giving person loyal and trust worthy .. but .. Americans are a sorry bunch that regress to backwards views and leave their intelligence behind when confronted with a problem."