You've simply chosen to ignore them.

Next time simply stop, and they will walk around you.

I think it’s more regional than that. I was reminded-shocked last time I went to a restaurant near Boston, just how loud and obnoxious they are compared to us Southerners. They are worse than New Yorkers, who have a reputation around the world. Fact is, a large percentage of tourists are New Yorkers and other large Cities were that behavior is considered normal.

Unfrortunately, I have to agree

So you southern folks are less selfish and more humble towards your fellow man?

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It all comes down to this on election day: Are you a racist, or do you look down on spastics?

In my experience, yes.

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"Occam's Razor. The simplest explanation is almost always somebody screwed up." - House

Originally Posted by glockmail
Does Israel have a long history of stabbing us in the back as france does?

Just my opinion of course But I put France and Israel in pretty much the same catagory. With France my deogatory opinion started when I was stationed in Europe during the Air Lift (1950) and was enforced while stationed in France (not a part of Europe ) in1956 during the Suez Crises, and thence joined in distain by Isreal. Unfortunately in both cases the crimes (sic)therein commited by those governments were joined by the US as an (at the time) "unwilling" accomplice. My distain for both has only highthened on the last fifty-odd years

Certainly less loud and obnoxious.

Shelby Steele, on his theory of “White Guilt”: “Wielding anti-Americanism gives you the moral high ground, lets you define legitimacy in institutions and in foreign policy. …The richer you get in America, the guiltier you get, because there's an inequality somewhere, and you are somehow contributing to it, you are a part of someone else's oppression. I was talking to a very wealthy doctor not long ago who also inherited wealth, so he'd always been wealthy. He said, "I just ache to do something good." So he's giving money to all kinds of bad causes. Well, there it is. If he enjoys his wealth, or uses it, then he's on top of the racial hierarchy, and remains there by oppressing others. So he just aches to fight off the stigma. Wealth is always contaminated and if you're wealthy there's a dead body somewhere. Evil was done. Racism was committed.”

So you agree that france sucks, then?

Yes women are generally unaware of sharing sidewalks, pathways and doorways. It is not part of their conditioning. I am not sure that is an American quality since I experienced it across Europe and I see non American women do it here.

Anyways, I could talk about how horrible so many Mexicans act like here in the US, with gangs, leering and cat calling women, etc etc

And I could go on pointing out the questionable behavior of other people.

But then someone will call me racist right.

So why is there an exception to criticize Americans?

That substantiates the point of this thread.

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One day, I will sneak across the border into Canada and be an illegal alien. It will be fun.

Tried that, Glock (#542).

Didn't work, they just plow into ya.

And I'm an ex- Div I QB, so I should be able to hold my space against an 18 year-old girl from Barcelona.

In my opinon, a thick Boston Accent is the worst man made sound in America and makes any southern twang sound like Beethoven's 9th.

And the Boston Redsox fans seem to be the least behaved in all of US sports. They act like World Cup fans.

Other than that Boston is a lovely city with wonderful people.

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One day, I will sneak across the border into Canada and be an illegal alien. It will be fun.

That is kind of funny now that I reread your post.

I thought I was the only one who had the connundrum of trying to share a sidewalk with a group of girls who won't budge.

And while I am singling out women, when I did travel around Europe and would hear loud obnoxious Americans, it was almost always a group of young girls just blabbing away.


Now I just need to find me a loud woman from boston with a thick accent to travel the world with.

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One day, I will sneak across the border into Canada and be an illegal alien. It will be fun.

At least its a nice, soft crash