Do you (U.S. ABers) feel like SOME of the Canadian, English, Australian (and other) ABers talk down to us or lump us into one big bucket of what they think an American is (generally due to some unfortunate political goings-on)? Does this offend you?

I'm from the UK and I know that I've seen non-Americans use the stereotypes you speak of when referring to Americans. However, I've also seen Americans reciprocate and people of all nationalities lump others into categories and make ridiculous assumptions based on individuals' countries of origin. Generalisations of this nature should be seen as unacceptable. It's ignorant to assume that just because someone is from a particular country they'll behave in a certain way. All Answerbag users should work together to eliminate these generalisations and stereotypes (not limited to the ones based on nationality but also gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality etc). We need to educate the individuals who think it's OK to lump people together in this manner so that they realise there are massive variations in human beings no matter their background and hopefully this will prevent such individuals making such assumptions in future.

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Great answer.
It works both ways, and I've seen people from other countries (including the US) do it to others.
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by Carmella on September 2nd, 2007
Wow, excellent ideas and wording, Tom!
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by Shopping Sheryl - home from the hospital on September 2nd, 2007
Thanks you two.
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by Tom on September 2nd, 2007
Tom to the rescue! :)
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by Stableboy on September 2nd, 2007
♪♪ Doo doo doo ♪♪ Sorry but anyone who 'comes to the rescue' has to have a jingle. It's the law.
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by Tom on September 2nd, 2007
tom, how did you get those musical notes on here?
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by Mr n Mrs M... on September 2nd, 2007
I imagine there's an alt code for them but I just copied and pasted them from word.
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by Tom on September 2nd, 2007
aaah wow great idea! sorry one more qustion! What font?
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by Mr n Mrs M... on September 2nd, 2007
I just used the insert-symbol function. If it was a specific font like wing-dings then it wouldn't work when copy and pasted into Answerbag I believe.
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by Tom on September 2nd, 2007
The "official" way to get special characters in Windows is to use the Character Map application (Star > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map)
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by Stableboy on September 2nd, 2007
cheers tom, much obliged old bean.
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by Mr n Mrs M... on September 2nd, 2007
aaah cooooool... muchos gracias SB
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by Mr n Mrs M... on September 2nd, 2007
I never knew that SB, Thanks!
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by Tom on September 2nd, 2007
Ĉŏõl ! î åм Ģőńņǻ ĥǻvë §òmĕ fǘŋ ŵıŧħ ŧĥĭş !!!
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by Mr n Mrs M... on September 2nd, 2007
Hi. I thought I commented earlier, but my internet must of went out. Very good answer, thank you. I of course know that everyone sterotypes ("it goes both ways") and that all stereotypes are bad. It seems that on AB everyone will band together and mow down the evil trolls who make racist or homophobic comments, but the ones talking bad about or generalizing Americans seem to be ignored. But, whatev. Thanks for your answer.
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by another other on September 2nd, 2007

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