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Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

hahahaha, yes thanks RSR.

I guessed however that the fellow, although not a Brit, is probably teching English and thus might a few synonyms for fag and not the G.A.Y. fag.

Anyway: in the einterests of expanding his international knowledge I could indeed explain that a fag paper is a cigarette paper. Very very thin.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

edit: double post

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

The OP is quite correct.

141,000 Brits leave the country per year, compared with 20,000 in 1994. Meanwhile, a significantly higher number of immigrants enter the country, prepared to work for the minimum wage or less, since the UK minimum wage is a fortune compared to conditions in (mainly) Eastern European countries.

The reason, however, is not taxes. Britain has always been a high-tax state, because of the public services supposedly it offers. The reason is the ludicrously-inflated property prices in GB, meaning punters can get a very good deal on foreign homes and still have money to burn. Finding a UK property for less tthan 250,000 POUNDS is a tall order. Foreign property is a full-blown industry.

Junior - it's a common misconception that British weather is crap. Granted, in most regions, it is. But south-east England (which includes Greater London) is one of the driest, sunniest areas in Europe, with tremendous water shortages. Essex and Kent are as dry as southern Spain.

superdave · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: over there ----->

thepeel · Joined: 08 Aug 2004

We hear about anti-Americanism because it is the ideology of quite a few people on this planet.

Post modernity never happened. Anti-Americanism did. The vast majority of people are not incredulous towards big stories. They have their big story.

I'm in grad school now, studying econ etc. Also, I'm not at a yank uni.

Every time the prof, any of my profs, comment on the USA it must be done with some glib and dumb-arse comment about how 'stupid' or 'insular' Americans are. These fcukups are unable to understand that the USA is 300 MILLION people and the most diverse nation in the world. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that Bush is dumb, and thus all Americans (or only those who are white, cause of course they don't mean Arab-yanks or Indian-yanks, as that would be racist) are dumb.

In the mind of much of the world anti-Americanism has replaced logic, reason and thought. If it rains too much or too little in one area one year, this MUST be the result of "global warming" which is caused by "American-style" capitalism and that DUMB Bush and his refusal to sign the mother of all platitudes -- Kyoto. Anything and everything that happens is blamed on the USA.

All over the world gays are killed. Woman are treated worse than Americans treat house pets. Africa has several wars simmering and a full genocide raging. China kills Fauln Gaugn (sp) and harvests their organs for sale. There are some really messed up and evil people on this planet but all I hear about day to day in grad school is the Vietnam war and how dumb Bush is.

It is a psychosis.

Neil · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo

Oh of course Anti Americanism exists and is a big problem, where people differ is how to define it.

I'd define it as people trying to blow up planes flying across the alantic whilst some on here would define it as a harmless joke on an internet forum which I think is a bit silly.

Anyway, the ones on here who howl about anti americanism the most are often those who write post after post slagging off muslims, canadians, koreans, europeans ect....so that erodes my sympathy a little, while I agree insulting a whole country is gay I do think if you can't take it back don't dish it out.

On topic Spinoza is 100% correct with his assessment. Property prices are too high for first time buyers, when I'm done with Asia I'll probably settle in Spain. Britions are lucky in the sense that we can work anywhere in the EU without visas as well.