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Originally Posted by CCW Biker
It how the term "Ugly American" got it's origin in foreign countries. It is also the sign of an inflexible, egotistical, and self centered person.
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Having lived in Belgium during the early 80's (SHAPE HQ), I can attest that this kind of attitude existed, and find it very interesting and poigniant that you would make the correlation here. I never thought about it in this capacity before, but it is relative.
It also may attest to why other states have a "we hope California falls into the ocean" attitude.
On another forum, I frequently state that with California being 1/10th the population of the entire US, and the largest Economy (not sure anymore) of all states, what happens here DOES affect other states. This is evident by the types of California Laws that some places are trying to implement (or california politicians are trying to force upon the feds).
I use this to illustrate that the rest of the country should be helping us in our fight instead of giving us a big FU.
Maybe I need to use more humility in my asking for their help.