[WikiEN-l] OT (was Re: Are these userbox templates NPOV?)

[maru dubshinki]

On 5/11/06, Mark Gallagher <m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>
> G'day Prasad,
>
> > I'm sure Americans get the same treatment in other countries. I
> > suggest you drop by Teheran International Airport sometime-maybe you
> > could carry a U.S flag too. Then get back to me with an account of
> > what they did to you.
>
> Americans don't get that treatment in Australia, a country that likes to
> think her close alliances mean something. I've not experienced Canada,
> New Zealand, the UK, Europe, etc., but I imagine it doesn't happen
> there, either.
>
> The treatment an Australian tourist receives in Los Angeles is in no way
> related to the treatment an American waving the US flag will get in Tehran.
>
>
> --
> Mark Gallagher

I have to agree with Mark here. When I went to England, it was fairly
pleasant- not so much returning ot America (and I'm as Caucasian and
innocous as it gets), even though everything was in order and I was
part of a group!  (Though I got my revenge- I smuggled some English
soil through customs, even though they said not to! Hah!)

~maru