[lbo-talk] Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US: poll

Wendy Lyon wendy.lyon at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 12:43:19 PDT 2006


On 7/3/06, Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> Mike Larkin quoted:
>
> In answer to other questions, a majority of the
> Britons questions described Americans as uncaring,
> divided by class, awash in violent crime, vulgar,
> preoccupied with money, ignorant of the outside world,
> racially divided, uncultured and in the most
> overwhelming result (90 percent of respondents)
> dominated by big business.
>
> [WS:] Looks like a kettle calling a pot black.

In fairness, most of the Brits I know would say the same about their own country. And they would certainly be as critical of their own head of government. This survey didn't them about that though.



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