Reply #29: I have one huge, gaping criticism [View All]

[realisticphish]

what the HELL is wrong with Bruce Willis???

I mean, c'mon. Die Hard. The Fifth Element. !!!


One of my friends, who is finishing her masters in Slavic Studies and Public Policy, has spent several semesters in Moscow. She is NOT patriotic; far from it. But she has found herself defending America quite often; there are some ridiculous stereotypes concerning our behavior. It's fascinating, really; I'm so used to confronting and combating our stereotypes of other nations and ethnicities, that it's odd to realize that the same thing happens to us in other places. I think that the fundamental truth about Americans (and indeed, most people in general) is that people are pretty much nice, polite, people face-to-face. It's only when you're a faceless member of an "other," or only coming into contact through contentious issues, that there is real vitriol.

And, of course, some people really are just assholes.