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I don't really get you were authentically apologizing for the rant and so I don't forgive you for it. It was over the top. You have a pet peeve and it is no different from any other prejudice including racial. Get over yourself.

In fairness, she did apologize for her ignorance you know. I can be somewhat anti-American, not with regard to the people; I know many very nice Americans, but to the US Government and it's 'saviour' (or should that be 'savior' of the universe) attitude, and the double standards they continually employ. Some American's are egocentric, bigoted and unpleasant, but then in fairness, so are people from every country, including the UK (mine). I don't think Lucinda can be held accountable for the entire American culture (unless she knows something we don't!)

Due to the fact that Lucinda spelt 'defence' with a 'c' as opposed to an 's' I would have thought she would be from the UK..........Now who's ignorant, arrogant and naíve?

"Lighten up, Francis." - Sgt. Hulka

Agree with some of your comments but sometimes a fella just makes an honest mistake. Not all Americans are becoming Paris Hiltons - some are Becoming Pony Boi:)

Way to generalize and stereotype Americans there Raf.

Not so much ignorant as arrogant, or possibly even naive

raf-33

... if it wasn't for the fact that Chopper is already in english it would have been remade with Brad Pitt as Chopper.

Yeah, and they would have Americanized it - cut out the ears-slicing scene, the girl-punching scene, they would have turned Chopper into a saint.

Funny to think that Brad Pitt later co-starred with Chopper in Troy.

What an ass.

Luckily, I happen to know some fine folks from Australia, so I won't make such a blanket statement as you have about all Australians.

a completely uncalled for rant...he didnt ask..WHY DOESN'T Australia have an FBI...he called them the FBI by mistake because of the similarities. You sound like the arrogant prick you just accused an entire country of being.

forgiving your stereotype, in the future try not to generalize since I'm sure u'd accuse Americans of doing teh same thing when looking at other cultures

you have some decent points about remaking movies to Americanize them, the hollywood machine might not be the best thing for movies, and I lose more and more faith in it every time I hear about another remake. (Texas chainsaw massacre circa like 2004 is gonna be remade? wha?) But you forget that everywhere does this, different countries rip different ideas of of other countries...The British have their equivalents of our stories...Bollywood remakes american cinema to INDIANIZE? it. This happens so the cultures can better relate to the characters and the stories, so don't try to blame it on America alone.

So instead of trying to find a problem with everything, think about what you say before type because once its on the internets its there forever

That is quite a generalization. I like soccer, hate NFL Football. Love British comedy, love Europe, Elton, Princess Di, most of the royal family and hate most small minded, rural Americans. We are so blinded by "religion" we can't find anyone to bring a movie about Darwin out in the US. yet we do drugs, watch porn and swill alcohol far too much. You can not tell how all Americans feels by reading IMDb. When I retire it will be in a country far from here!

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Give it a rest. How arrogant do you think you sound?

This whole anti-America thing we have going in Australia is rediculous. Yes, we should keep our own culture and stop Americanising ourselves, but don't go jumping on honest and harmless mistakes and claiming all Americans are self-centred and ignorant. Don't be so high and mighty and start behaving like an Australian and discuss cocks with the rest of us.

And yeah, I assume it was fake in the film, it looked like it.

No, it was a simple & very common mistake, that's it. Notice the immediate & humble apology ... or did you see that & just decide to ignore it, as a piss-poor excuse to spread your hatred & discrimination?

The ONLY person in this entire thread exhibiting arrogance is YOU, along with several other equally dispicable traits, such as the already mentioned hate & discrimination. It would be safe & accurate to add several other examples of your childish & immature ways of acting also, but I'll let other posters mention their own feelings about your type of purposely insulting hate-speech. Because I'm 100% sure that I'm not the ONLY person here who has grown very tired of people like you, always on the look-out for ANY situation which gives you an oppurtunity to preach your disgusting invidiousness.

If it weren't for throwbacks like you, the human race would very likely be about a hundred years closer to everyone treating everyone else as an equal, not a lesser. We've undeniably come a long ways since blacks were considered slaves, Jews were considered inferior, women were considered less intelligent, & gays were considered a sickness. But there's still plenty like you, always ready to hurl insults, discrimination, hatred, & numerous other less-than-desirable traits, aimed at an entire people simply because of their location on this planet.

You can deny & lie if you want, but your own words & the way you used them proves the fact that if Lucinda01 had been from ANY other country than the U.S., & had made the same innocent mistake that she did, you wouldn't have uttered a single peep about it. But just because of her nationality, that gave you yet another perfect oppurtunity to start spewing your venom upon her. (I'm assuming she's a she based on the name, if not, then I deeply apologize)

I sincerely hope you haven't taught your children, if you have any, to be as single-minded as you are when it comes to nationality. And if you did force your ignorance upon them, I hope they have more tolerance of others than you do & decide not to continue your tradition of disgustingness. (I'm not sure that's a real word, but the meaning it gives fits you perfectly)

The human race, as a people, have greatly progressed in the last 30 years or so towards seeing every other person as simply a fellow inhabitant of this planet. Thanks to people trapped in 1950 & refusing to evolve past the massive amount of discrimination in that era, such as yourself, we're not there yet. But you & the league of your fellow haters won't be here forever. And typically, newer generations are much more tolerant and much less narrow-minded than their parents. So hopefully the obviously large amount of hate in your blood-line stops with you.

Lastly, you can bitch, gripe, scream, whatever you want to do about this post, if that's what you feel like doing. But you won't be discussing it with me, because I don't waste any more time than minimally possible in conversations with people like you.

Ciao.

"Not so much ignorant as arrogant, or possibly even naive. Americans seem to think that this planet is the USA, or have had so little contact with the outisde world that they assume American facilities are everywhere. "

So, via your logic, someone is naive and arrogant for being groggy and tired and making a mistake about a character's nationality. THAT is naive and arrogant.

Yet it is NOT arrogant, naive, and/or ignorant to assume what ALL AMERICANS ASSUME. No, that is not arrogant, not at all! (sarcasm alert)

This is passive-aggressive projection if I've ever seen it, you use "Americans seem to think this planet is the USA." Translation: "I think that it seems Americans think the whole planet is the US because I've posted on message boards with them and therefore I know that all Americans are like-minded when it comes to this."

"So little contact with the outside world that they (Reality: YOU) assume (Translation: You assume what all of us think) American facilities are everywhere."

"Americans are becoming isolated as a nation, with the exception of a few who already have a taste for other cultures. But this damage is being done to millions by a tiny handful of execs who just want to put asses on sofas for the primetime show and make a buck.

Sorry for going off on a rant but I *beep* hate how Americans are slowly but surely becoming Paris Hiltons."

Yeah, you should be sorry, what you said what some of the most hypocritical and needlessly spiteful crap I've ever seen. You clearly have some insecurities about all of this, as evidenced in your posts. You tell a man that he is arrogant and naive for making a mistake, A. MISTAKE. While you purposefully put down all Americans while trying to come off as an enlightened individual with some epiphany-rendering social commentary. Some true paradigm-shifting crap you got here, bub.

You clearly have no idea how much of the U.S population makes fun of the Paris HIltons of the world. Which, btw, is NOT exclusive to the U.S, British Royalty is a great example of false-idolization. I'm not too familiar with Australian Governance and social nuances, nor should I be. Nor am I ignorant or arrogant for that position. If I presumed what all Aussies think about Americans or I presume to know what all Aussies assume, like you did with Americans, then I become ignorant, arrogant, AND naive, just like you.

As I said earlier, you were projecting your EXACT character flaws onto someone who'd made a simple mistake. One you could have easily made. And one I guarantee you'd make within the myriad of Asian cinema, sub-genres, genres that transcend Asian nations, genres that are exclusive only to certain areas of China, or Japan, or Korea. I think you get my point, and if not, I really don't care to push it :), you'll either admit to yourself what you clearly did, or you'll deny it while knowing it's true, and get angry with me and yourself, or you'll just delude yourself into thinking you're right. Now that isn't projection since this is a documented character flaw amongst all peoples across the World Wide Web.