On Tue, 11 May 2010 19:07:49 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Is that why American people are so stupid?
>>>
>>> Or maybe it's *because* American people are stupid? IDK.
>>>
>>> [Perhaps I should append "on average" to that...]
>> 
>> Well, there are quite a few very smart people over here too, many of
>> whom went to public schools.  But a fair number are lazy when it comes
>> to facts and don't see the "value" in them.
>> 
>> But I don't think that's just Americans, either.
> 
> This is equally worrying - and possibly equally true. (Although for
> whatever reason, it's typically Americans who are thought of as being
> stupid. I sometimes wonder if the rest of the world thinks that all
> Englishmen walk around in top hats eating fish and chips?)

Yeah, it's called stereotyping. ;-)

And generally it's not accurate for individuals, or about as accurate as 
racial profiling.

Jim

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