As part of a holiday 'project' i decided to ask a couple of questions being interested to know how much the 'average' American knew about Australia. With the exception of the obvious query as to if they knew the name of our Prime Minister, anything about our system of government (surely that comes under general knowledge?) i did not mention anything remotely political. I was totally UNinterested in the political aspect.Most people know all there is to know or indeed all they WANT to know about world politics. The subject matter is done to death, tediously repetitious bringing out those obsessively dedicated to a single ideology. I was simply curious as to the extent of American awareness of our common heritage plus comments on Australian geography, lifestyle etc. Was i a naive idiot !! What i copped was a tirade of accusations i.e we have a racist Prime Minister, ARE a racist people who neglect our aborigines etc etc.
NOW my FINAL question -- why are Americans so filled with hate?
2006-12-30
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