You'd be surprised at how different they are. And, I know you are generalizing, but I own zero guns, pretty much hate fast food, and know that a movie is just a movie.

Passionate about our right to bear arms? Gun control is a major issue and controversy. Unfortunately the people who are for it have very well funded lobbyists who work very effectively. But progress is being made. It is a tough thing to tackle-sort of like putting toothpaste back in the tube but a majority of Americans would like to see tighter control on guns. And when you talk about fast food do you mean hamburger restaurants? Well, that's what we eat. In Mexico I see a lot of taco wagons. So fuckin' what? Do you not have restaurants in Australia that cater to cheap,fast, on-the-go eats or is it all fine dining?

Of course it is not as pronounced. Maybe you prefer visiting Egypt over Kansas, but if given the choice I would prefer to go back to Kansas even though I have been to Kansas. I have been to the Mid East and I do not like the Mid East. In fact of all of the countries that I have been to I prefer the United States and Canada.

As for fast food outlets. The average family has two working people holding down full time jobs and many have a full time job as well as a part time job. The average American has a busy day and fast food outlets are a convenience for the busy person. Yes, most Americans like their guns, and if you studied the history of America you would understand why Americans like their guns.

Ahhhh.. now you are beginning to see the light and lose some of that defensive belligerence.

So in Mexico you see a lot of Taco wagons? Can I see a generalisation coming up? Maybe Mexicans eat a lot of tacos. Ya reckon we can generalise about that? I'd say its safe.

Yes, we have places in Australia where you can get fast food (besides McDonalds, Burger King, Subway etc) but they are generally independent operations (known as snack bars or fish and chip shops) and not massive nationwide chains... and we have nowhere near as many as you do.

I've been to Egypt.

Pray tell, what is in Kansas that could possibly come even close to being as impressive at the Great Pyramids and the Sphynx? Maybe its a tasty Big Mac and fries.

The fact that you would rather go back to Kansas instead of visiting the birthplace of all civilisation - having never been there - just helps proves my point about the general disinterest in world travel shown by most Americans.

I have been to Egypt, although not to sight see. I have also been to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Kuwaite. I will repeat that I do not like the Mid East. I do not have any desire to go there again and would choose a trip back to Kansas over a trip to any part of the Mid East. If you prefer Egypt over Kansas, so be it.

And just how the fuck am I losing my defensive belligerence?

Okay, well maybe I was wrong about that.

Carry on.

My point was who cares what people eat? Why are you so offended by a chain of stores that sells hamburgers? And since you are so good at googling up this shit I want you to back up your claim that Australia has nowhere near as many fast food outlets as the USA with per capita statistics. Thank you. And :321GFY for dragging me into another one of your god damn threads.

Who cares what people eat? It's called culture, man. In Spain they like Paella and tapas. In England its Roast Beef and bangers and mash. In Germany they eat a shitload of sausage. You Americans like your greasy mass produced hamburgers and freedom fries. It's funny, the hardest cuisine to characterise is probably Australian because we are influenced by so many other cultures. We love fresh seafood and BBQ's. And meat pies. But you can find virtually anything here.

I don't where to look for fast food statistics. So no, I can't back that up. But we don't have Taco Bell, Fatburger, In and Out, White Castle, Wendy's, Blimpies etc etc. We have far fewer chains here.

O.K. I guess instead of "who cares what people eat" (because you're right, I love eating the food of different cultures) what I really should have said was why when a gawd damn fore-enner is runnin' down the good ol' USA you always start with that "blah, blah...McDonald's...cultural imperialism..blah, blah." Why don't y'all just not eat at the fuckin' things? They'll disappear FAST, I tell you whut. I mean, why the fuck IS there a McDonald's in Paris. BECAUSE PEOPLE EAT THERE! And they ain't eatin' frog legs and pate, it's Big Motherfuckin" Macs alll the way, baby!

This is actually a bit of an illusion I reckon. Most French people I know wouldn't go near a McDonalds even if they were forced at gunpoint.

Paris sees more tourists each year than any other city on the planet. I think its all the tourists gobbling up those Big Macs. French youth maybe but I don't think most French people eat a lot of McDonalds.

Why do people eat McDonalds? I don't know. Shit I ate it two days ago. Not because it tastes any good. Because it's fast and predictable. And sometimes you want that.

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Yeah but you sad bastards don't have a McOz burger!

Trouble with Uni students is they want all the rights but none of the responsabilites

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Tis is free speech....

Hehehe ... pretty fucked up ....

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Joe you act as if there is not another single resteraunt in this country other than something created by a corporation chain and cooked by 16 year olds.

You jealous 'cause the kids have better jobs than you or what?

And regarding travel, it's not always about choice. My old man owned his own business for about the first 10 years of my life and we were able to take 1 family vacation that I can recall was when I was 6 years old and that was to Austin, Texas and San Antonio....of which both is very rich in Texas history.

The only other time our family travelled was for Holidays like Christmas, and then we went to the Panhandle of Texas to visit family and Kansas where my mother's family resided.

We didn't have another family vacation until I was 16 years old when my dad was given 2 weeks by his employer, almost 10 years between that vacation and the last.

Whether you realize it or not, that's the way it is for most families here in the states.

And cultures do vary greatly. Each state's culture is determined by it's indigenous populations as well as the many different people who have settled there.

In Texas alone the flags of Mexico, Spain, and France have flown. There are even large German communities that settled Texas in it's earliest days, and a lot of people don't even realize that's where that Mexican oompah music comes from, they call it Tejano music.

There's so much history in each state as theking stated to spend 1 week there does not do it justice...and yes there's even history in Kansas.

I'm sorry you feel the need to leave Australia to find happiness ;)
but that's not necessary here.