tr A familiar sight in European airports is a certain American,
tr he usually wears a floral shirt that is long overdue for a
tr wash, he has a camera hanging around his neck, he is always
tr red and perspiring profusely, he almost always has a wife
tr called Martha who sits at least 200 ft away from him, and he
tr holds very loud conversations with her, with no regard to the
tr other passengers who have the misfortune to be seated between
tr them.
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tr And you know what? most of the people who meet this asshole
tr think that that is what Americans are like. They dont even
tr realize that there are another 300 Americans in the airport
tr that they are not even aware of because they are behaving like
tr reasonable human beings The ones that are actually
tr representative of your Nation! (The really bright ones are
tr even disguised as Canadians but thats another thread

"JH" == Jay Honeck writes:

JH I find it hilarious that my single observation about the
JH French -- their dunderheadedness about taxing Avgas to $7.50
JH per gallon -- has been embellished now to include things like
JH Tony's statement, above.

Jay, what you don't understand is that you are the fat slob in the
floral shirt making an ass of himself and his countrymen by insulting
entire countries in a public place. The rest of us are the 300 other
Americans who don't want to be grouped with you.

Unlike the airport, here in Usenet some of us are criticizing your
statements loudly. But this isn't for your benefit. No, the protests
are for the non-US pilots and aviation aficionados reading this group.
We, the 300 bystanders, are trying to let them know that you are a
minority; that many, even most, Americans are not shallow bigots.