I hate the french!!!!

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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

I hate generalizations. They are not ignorant, they are insane. The French are this and that, the Germans are this and that - but the USA (according to the stubborn Americans) are the greatest beyond reproach.

Like it or not, generalizations are the only way to talk about huge groups of people (such as a nation's population). Generally speaking, Germans differ from Italians, Americans differ from Japanese, and Norwegians differ from Nigerians.

FWIW, many residents of First World countries believe their own countries to be superior to other nations. I can't remember how many times that Germans (mostly rural Germans near Fulda) would ask if me if I didn't agree that Germany was the best country in the world. I think this trait is more common among the less-educated and less-traveled.

"Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it."

- George Bernard Shaw