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Old 09-06-2005, 12:30 AM  
Drake
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Originally Posted by Pornopat
I can fully agree with the intention of this topic.
I would like to add though that having been in a country does not mean you know anything from the country. I live in the Netherlands and see so many Americans and Japanese coming in every day. They take some pics of famous places,smoke a joint, visit the red light district and move on the next day thinking they know all about us. Truth is though that the average Dutch person has never smoked a joint or been to the red light district...
People should not only visit countries before being allowed to "judge" them. They should also have been participating...They should step out of the tourist bus and talk to people.
I was going to make a similar post. Good point. One can travel the world, but without an open mind or without traveling outside of tourist areas, one can come away with a distorted/incorrect impression of the place.
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