What kind of Brit are you? 
Even I got the Monty Python reference.
Even I got the Monty Python reference.
Anti British and Anti French views
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What kind of Brit are you?
Wasn't it already established that he's a fake Brit?
Also: Don't mention the war.
Just sayin'.
What kind of Brit are you?
The South London kind.
Well, if this thread taught me anything, is that people love me. You are too many to mention, but I just wanted to thank you guys. I'm not sure I deserve such nice words, but... Oh, who am I fooling? I totally deserve it, but thanks nonetheless. 
Lulz.
I'll leave it someone else to complete the quote.
Well, only one way to be sure, innit?
I eagerly await pics of you in a fireman's uniform, iguana.
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I think I saw that once. It wasn't very good, Carter just went on at great length about restricting the power of kings, then she used her new magnetic powers to destroy some Replicators. There were hardly any explosions.I thought maybe he had an idea for an awesome X-Men/Stargate crossover.
See, this is what I meant when I said that Americans are assholes. It must be pent-up aggression from the lack of boobs or swear words on television.
Okay, I'll start a thread based about eating my own dead mother and vomitting her half-digested remains into a grave. We'll see if that thread goes any better than this one.
Yeah, but also home of the awesome. So far, the trade-off has been pretty good.
...but the only boobs and swear words I see on TV are from American shows. I think I'm about to be sucked into some kind of paradox.
Remind me to go to hell.
Remind me to go to hell.
Yeah, but we get those shows on public television.
Americans have to pay for cable to get proper boobage. I mean, they show The Wire and Oz on a channel that's intended for Irish-speaking rural backwater folk (as they are described in TG4's remit).Do you have an alternative hypothesis for why Americans are assholes?
TG4 has changed a lot from the days when I was semi-obligated to watch it for the purposes of schooling, clearly. Or maybe it's just because I was watching those Irish-made cartoons where characters spoke in Irish.
It's too much to hope there's an Irish dub of the Wire, because that'd be pretty hilarious.
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I once mentioned something about Truth, Justice & The American Way to a lady from Scotland and she laughed hysterically at The American Way part.
I once mentioned something about Truth, Justice & The American Way to a lady from Scotland and she laughed hysterically at The American Way part.
And you're surprised?
Truth and Justice aren't exactly new concepts and America doesn't monopolise it either.
So know wonder she laughed, I'd laugh and have laughed at stuff like that before.
I'd often suspected that, but didn't know. Wow, you met Tacky?!Around this time five year ago, I was in England when some teenagers threatened me because they thought I was Polish. That was a funny evening.
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I'm not sure I subscribe to your theory, GodBen. After all, we have nudity and swear words on normal TV and yet, we're assholes.
Well, Americans like their pathos but most Europeans would say such things only in an ironic fashion so she probably assumed you didn't mean it seriously.
I once mentioned something about Truth, Justice & The American Way to a lady from Scotland and she laughed hysterically at The American Way part.
Well, Americans like their pathos but most Europeans would say such things only in an ironic fashion so she probably assumed you didn't mean it seriously.
Hmm, interesting. I've been doing some research on a few historical matters, and one thing you have to keep in mind is, besides the fascist powers of WW2, that Spain's totalitarian Govt lasted until the 70s, and Greece and, iirc, Portugal, had their military juntas in place for a while in the 60s (Wikipedia can tell you more). There are a lot of hard-eyed old men in these countries who hanker for the old ways, when they could string up a few people they don't like and really take care of those gays and poets and liberals and anyone else who doesn't think like they do. The past is a lot, lot closer than we think.
Greece's and Portugal's military dictatorships lasted until the mid-70s. All three countries were admitted to the EU in the 80s and all three are pretty left-leaning, as far as I can tell.
Mmh, there always some people who support stuff like that or are perhaps sentimental, no matter where.
The only country I can comment on with any real knowledge and personal experience is Greece. The regime of the Colonels is very unpopular there and I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who supports it, due to their atrocities. This regime was also backed by the USA which explains the widespread and common America skepticism. The impression I (and a lot of others) have is that left-leaning positions are more mainstream than in other countries, like Germany.
The situation in Spain is a bit more complicated, I think, because the Franco era wasn't really dealt with because at first it was thought to be too divisive. There were some attempts in the last decade now that the issue isn't as controversial anymore. While in some regions, e.g. Catalunya, there's still a lot of bitterness about the Franco regime (and rightfully so) I suppose there's also a sizeable chunk of the population who think differently. It's hard to tell, especially because I've only ever interacted with young Spaniards in any meaningful way.
In any case, it's definetely not as widespread as in Russia by a long shot.
The only country I can comment on with any real knowledge and personal experience is Greece. The regime of the Colonels is very unpopular there and I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who supports it, due to their atrocities. This regime was also backed by the USA which explains the widespread and common America skepticism. The impression I (and a lot of others) have is that left-leaning positions are more mainstream than in other countries, like Germany.
The situation in Spain is a bit more complicated, I think, because the Franco era wasn't really dealt with because at first it was thought to be too divisive. There were some attempts in the last decade now that the issue isn't as controversial anymore. While in some regions, e.g. Catalunya, there's still a lot of bitterness about the Franco regime (and rightfully so) I suppose there's also a sizeable chunk of the population who think differently. It's hard to tell, especially because I've only ever interacted with young Spaniards in any meaningful way.
In any case, it's definetely not as widespread as in Russia by a long shot.
