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I am really starting to get ticked off at the ignorance of people in miami.... Being Cuban we normally get picked on because we dont have freedom, some retard actually told me that Columbia was better because he had the right to speak out loud..

Im sorry, but People from South America are in no real condition to talk about how foolish Cubans are for not fighting Castro... Most South American countries are in complete poverty, even worse than Cuba. Not to forget Columbia is a complete disaster. Not only does their main income come from Cocaine, but the guerrija has gotten to the point where they just shoot anything they see, more than half the people live in fear and poverty, constant battles from both the Guerrija and the Goverment are fought. Mexico is just plain horrible, the crime rates in Mexico city is a disaster. I think most people that live there are eather raped or mobed more than once... And who the hell says that Cubans dont have the right to speak the way they want? Has anybody ever been to a Cuban pueblo? Give me a break you can scream out down with Fidel and the cops will just ignore you..

Ha. Ignorance. What else did you expect from the American mass public about their knowledge of the world.

"You live in Hong Kong? Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE Japanese culture!"

Thank you. :rolleyes:

Im sorry, but People from South America are in no real condition to talk about how foolish Cubans are for not fighting Castro... Most South American countries are in complete poverty, even worse than Cuba. Not to forget Columbia is a complete disaster.

'Columbia' as in 'Washington, District of Columbia' or 'Columbia' as in 'Colombia'?

Ha. Ignorance. What else did you expect from the American mass public about their knowledge of the world.

"You live in Hong Kong? Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE Japanese culture!"

Thank you. :rolleyes:

Oh, oh, I've gotten:

'Hong Kong? That's in Africa, right?'

and

'England? Where's that?'

I could've sworn he was talking about people from South America whom have moved to Miami. Point taken, though. Americans are horrible at Geography...this coming from an American.

I have a fun little game that I play when my friends and I run into a globe at a store. I ask them to point out Afghanistan. I smile as I watch them fret and spin the globe around.


!TEE-HEE!

Afghanistan... That's in the arctic circle, right? Or is it one of the many islands in the pacific?

ROFLMAO :D

'England? Where's that?'
North Dakota... right?

'England? Where's that?'
"Belfast...in Ireland? How long did it take you to drive?"

Give me a break you can scream out down with Fidel and the cops will just ignore you..
Ah, but actually get active in the political resistance, and things become a lot more dangerous. Fidel ain't stupid enough to try and go Stalinist on his population.

Ha. Ignorance. What else did you expect from the American mass public about their knowledge of the world.

"You live in Hong Kong? Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE Japanese culture!"

Thank you. :rolleyes:
Oh God... did someone seriously say that? As an American, I apologize for the sheer stupidity of some of my fellow countrymen. Funny Stupid American Tourist story follows:

So this stereotypical American tourist couple is somewhere in Europe... I forget where... and they walk into a small shop. And by stereotypical I mean Hawaiian shirt, an extra 30 pounds or so on the belly, and a conspicuous camera. So they look around, a smirk on their faces, and then they finally pick something out and bring it to the counter with a "I can't believe this is all you have" kind of look on their faces. They go up to the store clerk, and start speaking to her, in English, and then get frustrated when she doesn't completely understand. Since in Europe most kids learn at least some English, the clerk is able to understand some of it, and replies in broken sentences. The couple gives her a look like she's stupid, because she can't speak English properly. So the husband starts motioning and speaking slowly, looking all the time like she's retarded. Then he hands what he wants to buy over the counter, and waits for it to be rung up. He gets the total (in English), and then proceeds to pay in American dollars. Although at the time the Almighty Dollar was accepted almost anywhere (slightly less so now), this might not have been an unreasonable request in a larger store. But this was a small, family-run affair. However, trying to treat the customers nicely, the clerk accepts the dollars, giving them a favourable exchange rate, and proceeds to give them their change. Here's the best part. They get pissed off when she gives them their change in Euros. The guy says, "What are we supposed to do with this garbage??" and storms out, fuming about horrible customer service and how backward Europe was.

Now THAT, ladies and gents, is the Ugly American, epitomized.

Hey it's just a matter of priorities. Some people feel being in country which might arrest you for making a public issue of your politics is worse than being a country which has been in the middle of bloody civil war for, is it 40 years now, where being in the wrong place at the wrong time can get you killed. Admittedly Columbia is kinda peaceful right now, I understand your chances of being killed by the civil war are down to less than 1 in 8,000 per year, and many Columbians (young ones) have lived their entire lives without being caught in the middle of violence between two or more of the factions. But you can publically express whatever political opinions you want and if you aren't killed for them, it is extremely unlikely you will be arrested.

'Columbia' as in 'Washington, District of Columbia' or 'Columbia' as in 'Colombia'?
Thank you.

True story:

I'm working in an office as a junior geo-tech for a French geophysical company in Houston and a new guy gets hired on. The new guy comes into the pit - that's what we called the general work room where all the geophysical data is collected and studied - and has this conversation with another geo-tech ...

"Hey, new guy! Where ya from?"
"Alberta."
"Where's that?"
"Canada."
"Neat! Do you speak Canadian?"

I knocked my head against my desk in shame.

I'm an American, and I'm good at geography. I played superpower 2.

At my (american) school, there was a test in geography. We had to label around 25 countries around the globe. I don't remember which- basic stuff like India, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc. I was the only one who got above 80% (and I got 100%.) The worst guy got the USA and Mexico right, labeled Russia as Japan, and that was all he got.

I once read this on the newspaper about the questions some foreign tourists ask when they arrive in Australia.

"How far is it here from Antarctica?"

"Can you drive out to the Great Barrier Reef?"

"How much does it cost to have a quick taxi tour around Australia?"

"I'm visitng Uluru (Ayers) Rock later and staying there overnight. Can I have a room with a seaview please?"

I am really starting to get ticked off at the ignorance of people in miami.... Being Cuban we normally get picked on because we dont have freedom, some retard actually told me that Columbia was better because he had the right to speak out loud..

Im sorry, but People from South America are in no real condition to talk about how foolish Cubans are for not fighting Castro... Most South American countries are in complete poverty, even worse than Cuba. Not to forget Columbia is a complete disaster. Not only does their main income come from Cocaine, but the guerrija has gotten to the point where they just shoot anything they see, more than half the people live in fear and poverty, constant battles from both the Guerrija and the Goverment are fought. Mexico is just plain horrible, the crime rates in Mexico city is a disaster. I think most people that live there are eather raped or mobed more than once... And who the hell says that Cubans dont have the right to speak the way they want? Has anybody ever been to a Cuban pueblo? Give me a break you can scream out down with Fidel and the cops will just ignore you..

Ok, first of all, it's ColOmbia, not Columbia. Second of all, our main income is NOT cocaine, if it was, we'd we looking down on every country because we'd be stinking rich. But we're not, are we?. That money ends up in the investors in the US. Third, at least we don't have a agonizing, half dead man as our leader, someone that blocks most, if not all, of international contact or help. Fourth, where the hell do you get that most of Mexico are raped or mobbed at least once?? Not half the people live in fear and poverty, and even if it was true, at least it's only half, instead of the WHOLE freaking country living in poverty and fear.