I'm not attacking, so you probably don't need defense. 
nossy Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 08:14:33 PM
nossy Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 08:14:33 PM
I can’t believe you got the sarcasm but missed the point. I said the Brits seemed to be a little thin skinned on the issue and that I suspected it was because they didn’t like him and the reply was that I was wrong but it came off to me as thinned skinned and that he didn’t like him. That seemed sarcasm worthy.
Well, that could be because I don't think this particular person has much of an opinion either way on Romney. Most brits probably know beans about him, so to claim that they dislike him is not likely to be accurate. It isn't uncommon to think someone said something rude/idiotic w/o actually thinking that person is rude/idiotic. It just feels a little like you're pigeonholing them based on one overblown example.
As for Texas I don’t believe I ever took offense to someone saying something that I accepted as true but just didn’t like that they had said it. It is mostly Hollywood caricature of Texas I object to or things like Joel saying Dallas is a soulless then admitting he had only been to one mall on the outskirts of town and he opinion was based solely on what some people from Fort Worth had told him. The reality is I don’t like Dallas but that doesn’t mean I would call him on his BS. I have no problem with people standing up for their home, in fact the opposite is true, but if your defense boils down to “I don’t care if it’s true I just don’t like you and don’t want you saying it” then my sympathy weans. As for NY, I categorically refuse to defend NY
They can take care of themselves anyway.
And the point is that we have a way of knowing what is and isn't true about our own little regions, and things can seem offensive if we are dismissed or crap gets made up. Romney fell into that hole because he shouldn't have made any negative comment about something he is merely observing. He wasn't there dealing with the problems, so it wasn't going to come across as positive constructive criticism, unfortunately (I don't hate the guy either, so I am trying to give a balanced account).
Are the British really that thin skinned?
- 27/07/2012 03:25:44 PM
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No, just great believers in good manners and courtesy
- 27/07/2012 04:12:01 PM
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Thats good. I thought maybe they just hated Romney but you have cleared that up *NM*
- 27/07/2012 04:42:05 PM
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Yeah, the average British person just about knew his name and that he was some politician
- 28/07/2012 10:00:26 AM
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I still haven't figured out how it was offensive but it apparently was *NM*
- 27/07/2012 04:43:23 PM
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*NM*
I think you have to be careful, because you can't see it the way they do.
- 27/07/2012 05:23:22 PM
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That is why I possed it as a question
- 27/07/2012 06:12:43 PM
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Yeah sure, we never get upset by stuff like this.
- 27/07/2012 06:47:59 PM
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- 27/07/2012 06:47:59 PM
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I my defense
- 27/07/2012 07:44:18 PM
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I'm not attacking, so you probably don't need defense.
- 27/07/2012 08:14:33 PM
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- 27/07/2012 08:14:33 PM
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It's more likely the press making a big deal out of nothing.
- 27/07/2012 05:35:20 PM
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That was what it seemed like to me. The "Mr. Leader" thing was sort of funny, though.
- 27/07/2012 08:16:11 PM
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It's more been a critique on his ability to be a statesman
- 27/07/2012 06:42:35 PM
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I agree he practiced poor statesmanship
- 27/07/2012 07:52:17 PM
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Is anything ever as bad as the morning cable guys make it out to be? *NM*
- 27/07/2012 08:48:32 PM
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The way they were going you would think he had goosed the queen *NM*
- 27/07/2012 09:40:59 PM
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