(August 27, 2014 at 9:26 pm)Blackout Wrote:(August 27, 2014 at 8:35 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: No problem - and you know, despite all your country's problems, it's my second home. I just get tired of the "Americans are dumb, hurt durr" meme. Yeah, many of us are fucked up, and certainly our national politics are shit, but it's shitty to tar all of us with that brush, much as it is to tar Mexicans as lazy welfare cases, because it just isn't so.
May I ask why a second home?
I agree, stereotyping is dangerous, even when we're talking about religious people it's irrational to lump them all into one category. I guess the american stereotype comes more from the south.
For the last 20+ years I have vacationed in Mexico - not in the Americanized tourist zones but in the less traveled areas (though some are still filled with gringos). I usually spend 2-3 weeks a year down there. What I love most about Mexico is the warmth of it's people. Yeah, I get that some of that is the gratitute for American dollars, but it either goes beyond that, or I'm a terrible judge and f character - and I'd hate to think it was the latter.
