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Showing Original Post only (View all)Has it occurred to you that many Europeans are absolutely frightened at the thought of a holiday [View all]
in the land of 300 million weapons? I have meet several people here in Austria and from Germany and have relatives in Spain who want nothing to do with visiting the States. Can't blame 'em. My children have decided that no trip to America is worth the danger. My daughter was considering an Au pair position, but that is now out of the question. The image of America as a blood thirsty, lumbering, naive giant is running rampant.
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wake.up.america
Dec 2012
OP
"Europe is a place where Terrorist bombings are considered normal". Any stats, quotes,
pampango
Dec 2012
#21
That's precisely how a Northern Irish teenager reacted in Roger Rosenblatt's...
CBHagman
Dec 2012
#28
fine, let's use your numbers. according to your article, from the fortune tellers
crazyjoe
Dec 2012
#45
More cautious now than in the past IMO. I drive a classic car and I have to admit sometimes it
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#30
I drive cross country, sometimes, and I have to admit it unnerves me occasionally when getting off
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#33
We own a place that puts up quite a few visiting Germans (in particular) as well as
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#43
So, this means there is no reason to have trepidations about visiting Cincinnati?
wake.up.america
Dec 2012
#48