Outside the USA, it is widely realised that most Americans
know or care little for the ways of the rest of the world.
This is, in fact, why shooting, etc., at Americans is such
a popular pastime in the more excitable countries.
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I am disappointed on purely logical grounds that you should propose this
as a cause and effect relationship, and especially that you would state
it as factual.
My experience of the population of the UK is that the majority know and
care little for the ways of the rest of the world. And my impression of
the world population as a whole is that a significant proportion are too
busy trying to survive to spare much thought for the peoples of distant
lands.
But the generalisations are irrelevant. Ignorance (of one thing or
another) is widespread, inevitable and ultimately curable. The
individual, upon being exposed to the notion that there are more ways of
looking at any situation than just their own personal perspective, may
prove to be too arrogant, self important and xenophobic to react with
anything but hostility, then again they may recognise the reality of the
situation, slap themselves on the forehead and never make the same
mistake again.
There is a danger in making generalisations about populations, nations,
races, cultures, groups, etc. Individuals deserve to be judged by (and
responsible for) their own actions.
Richard.