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Originally Posted by madformac
I don't think the British public have a problem with Americans at all.. Certainly most of the nicest and well mannered people I have met have been American.
I do however think there is a feeling of anti-Bush here and that he has given America a rather bad name in the world arena with his war mongering antics, resistance to sign up to global emission reductions and his general blundering nature as a person.
It doesn't help matters that Tony Blair is so far up his ass that I think the average Brit blames Bush for that too because Blair has spent too much time backing Bush and then defending his own actions than running the UK and looking after Great Britain's interests..
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Maybe that's why the friend who's hubby is stationed there has no luck. She's
is on an American military base.
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Originally Posted by madformac
Not actually Americans themselves... I think there's a certain distaste in certain circles for the gun culture, "supersize" culture that has been imported and also the "we are the best" mentality. It does piss me off myself when I hear people go on about "if it ain't invented in America it ain't ****" because I have come across it in the past and I think there is an underlying mentality of being the number one country in the world within the more arrogant citizens.
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I've heard that we are percieved by Brits, and I assume, the rest of the world, as arrogant, cocky, and lazy... And as far as "if it ain't invented in America, it ain't ****", I sure hope you're not talking about our cars!
I've never owned anything but an American made car, and they've all been pieces of ****!
I'll learn my lesson next time and buy a Honda!