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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by snowbunny
The fact that I'm from Texas means I had *more* to overcome in order to give a shit about the rest of the world.
That's because deep down yer a mexican
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:22 pm
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That's because deep down yer a mexican
You're right! :-O
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:23 pm
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Originally Posted by snowbunny
The fact that I'm from Texas means I had *more* to overcome in order to give a shit about the rest of the world.
Austin though, must be one of the most liberal, yuppie cities in the US, don't ya think?
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:25 pm
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Austin though, must be one of the most liberal, yuppie cities in the US, don't ya think?
Yeah.... but I wasn't born here. I was born and bred MUCH closer to Mexico.
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:27 pm
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Yeah.... but I wasn't born here. I was born and bred MUCH closer to Mexico.
El Paso! suburb of Juarez.
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:28 pm
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El Paso! suburb of Juarez.
Ciudad Juarez, si....

I was born on the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oh shit,the americans have found each other,FIRE IN THE HOLE !!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:37 pm
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Ciudad Juarez, si....

I was born on the Gulf of Mexico.
East Texan huh? Galveston. Only Texan city I know of on the Gulf.
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Oh shit,the americans have found each other,FIRE IN THE HOLE !!!!!!!!!!
I like Tibetans too!
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I hear Little Mosque on the Prairie is quite good. Oh, and you forgot Hockey Night in Canada with Don Cherry and Ron MacLean.
Margaret Atwood! National treasure!

the OH got a hard time in NZ when he opened his mouth...he's Canadian but to a kiwi or aussie it all sounds the same. I think anti-americanism is alive and well in the antipodes...sadly most of it is based on ignorance - i.e. people don't realise that anti-abortionists, crazy right wingers, etc. don't represent all americans.
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i'm with you 1000%.
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:46 pm
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I like Tibetans too!
Oh that's ok then,could you send some marines to get rid of the chinese then please
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:50 pm
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Margaret Atwood! National treasure!

the OH got a hard time in NZ when he opened his mouth...he's Canadian but to a kiwi or aussie it all sounds the same. I think anti-americanism is alive and well in the antipodes...sadly most of it is based on ignorance - i.e. people don't realise that anti-abortionists, crazy right wingers, etc. don't represent all americans.

TBH, I never read any of Atwood's stuff. I'm a man. Maybe I will read em surreptitiously.
Re the bolded stuff: exactly.
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Oh that's ok then,could you send some marines to get rid of the chinese then please
Honestly, I really, really wish we did.
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 6:53 pm
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Honestly, I really, really wish we did.
Well ok,how about refusing to eat anything chinese for the rest of yer life(food that is not people)
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