I have witnessed what you speak of so many times. Americans are frightened of the unknown, so cast a evil shadow on it. I often wonder if this fear of the outside isn’t fostered in someway by our government.
As benign as the UK is perceived, my mother was the only one brave enough to visit me (she has seen most of the world now) when I lived there. My siblings and dad had this image of Jack the Ripper, bad plumbing, bad food, backwards everything. That is how it was potrayed in the 80s and 90s in "our" media. The fact of the matter is I had at that time more techinology than what I knew to do with and it was common place, the best food I had ever eaten all over the UK, never one clogged tiolet, I had a hands free cell phone with gps in 91, I never wrote cheques, that’s what debit cards are for, grocery shopped on the internet, etc. Hollywood makes and promotes stereotypes for a reason, they need to create a "enemy" to sale tickets. So they pick on groups who aren’t going to bleep them to death with boycotts.
I have to say since I am a dual national and have traveled in countries which are now considered "risky" (the middle east and China) I am checked extra hard for many things (I am blonde and blue eyes) and have even been "held" and questioned over my activities.
The only time I have ever dealt with crime (I’ve beeen all over Russia, Spain, Chile, Dubai, most major cities in the world, etc) is in KY, when a white guy pulled a gun on me and slit someone elses throat. The only crime my mother has ever endured (bless her heart) is when she was taken hostage at a big grocery store in KY in a "wealthy" part of suburbia. The true enemy of America, is within.
Suburbia is crime ridden, Americans need to open their eyes to reality and the true enemy. The only place I am ever frightened is walking in suburbia.
I have witnessed what you speak of so many times. Americans are frightened of the unknown, so cast a evil shadow on it. I often wonder if this fear of the outside isn’t fostered in someway by our government.
As benign as the UK is perceived, my mother was the only one brave enough to visit me (she has seen most of the world now) when I lived there. My siblings and dad had this image of Jack the Ripper, bad plumbing, bad food, backwards everything. That is how it was potrayed in the 80s and 90s in "our" media. The fact of the matter is I had at that time more techinology than what I knew to do with and it was common place, the best food I had ever eaten all over the UK, never one clogged tiolet, I had a hands free cell phone with gps in 91, I never wrote cheques, that’s what debit cards are for, grocery shopped on the internet, etc. Hollywood makes and promotes stereotypes for a reason, they need to create a "enemy" to sale tickets. So they pick on groups who aren’t going to bleep them to death with boycotts.
I have to say since I am a dual national and have traveled in countries which are now considered "risky" (the middle east and China) I am checked extra hard for many things (I am blonde and blue eyes) and have even been "held" and questioned over my activities.
The only time I have ever dealt with crime (I’ve beeen all over Russia, Spain, Chile, Dubai, most major cities in the world, etc) is in KY, when a white guy pulled a gun on me and slit someone elses throat. The only crime my mother has ever endured (bless her heart) is when she was taken hostage at a big grocery store in KY in a "wealthy" part of suburbia. The true enemy of America, is within.
Suburbia is crime ridden, Americans need to open their eyes to reality and the true enemy. The only place I am ever frightened is walking in suburbia.