>Well, I'll say Europe has a LOT

>of "cultural ignorance", mainly ignorance

>about the US. It's prejudice, I tell ya.



wrong. ever watched german tv? ever been outside the u.s. at all? you'll be surprised i can tell you. most teenagers worldwide worship u.s. culture like a god.



of course, if you think of a different view on the whole thing: the united states as a kind of an "outpost" and leader of the actual European(!) culture (that started to develope in the 15th century and long before) you can call it "europeanization" of the world, as scientists call it. the actual losers were and are africa, asia, south america. if you follow that theory the u.s. is actually just a part of Europe (that developed faster in the 20th century because of many reasons -> geography, island-like-location etc.). but thats another story. (actually im writing all this to practice my english a bit. sorry if i bore you



well whatever, i have the feeling this aint the right place to discuss politics and history. sorry again





>And no, we're not as "big and powerful" as

>you think. We're just a country, like any

>ol' country on this big ball.



heh, thats just wrong, sorry. maybe you have to study history plus the general political situation a bit more, electropizza. really