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Who said "The Americans are (now known as) a sordid, greedy, cruel people"?
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Sea_of_inK
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Who said "The Americans are (now known as) a sordid, greedy, cruel people"?
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people everywhere are pretty much the same.
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Groucho48
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Who said "The Americans are (now known as) a sordid, greedy, cruel people"?
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Sounds like a quote from Lawrence of Arabia.
Looked it up...
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I think you are another of these desert-loving English...No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees, there is nothing in the desert. No man needs nothing. Or is it that you think we are something you can play with because we are a little people? A silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel? What do you know, Lieutenant. In the Arab city of Cordova, there were two miles of public lighting in the streets when London was a village...
Lawrence: Yes, you were great.
Feisal: ..nine centuries ago...
Lawrence: Time to be great again, my Lord.
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Thugoneous
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Who said "The Americans are (now known as) a sordid, greedy, cruel people"?
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An Australian saved my life when I was walking back to the ship (sober) I looked the wrong direction in traffic and started to step into traffic a woman grabbed my arm and told me to look out, politely too. This was in Kings Cross in Sydney, which was a pretty seedy part of town if I remember correctly, but you had to walk through it to get back to the ship.
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IMHO
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bstulic posted:
Who said "The Americans are (now known as) a sordid, greedy, cruel people"?
Canadians? They seem butthurt all the time.
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ICE MEXICANS!
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Loud and obnoxious maybe..
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Szerek posted:
Either that or he hasn't lived here for a while. Most people I know are 100% certified douchecanoes who are cruel, sordid, and extremely greedy.
Do you honestly believe that? I think most people look after their own interests, but Americans in general are quite generous (volunteerism, donations to non-profits, generous tippers, etc.) And how are Americans more cruel than anyone else? People are cruel, and we have our fair share of nutcases, but compared to the rest of the world Americans are generally nice and we like to be the good guy and "do the right thing."
I suppose it all depends on where you live and who your neighbors are, though.
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