There's a difference in being rude and just being a nuisance, pest, or troll. The first option qualifies as rude. The others just qualify as annoying and could actually be just a simple mistake on the poster's part.

The first one is the only one that is really rude. The rest are just misinformed in their own right. People look at the world through a lens that is their own culture. It isn't necessarily intended to be rude, it is just all they have to work with. The clash comes when others who are more well traveled or simply more aware of a global existence challenge the view of the person who sees things through the lens of their small world.

It's a website and, as such, a public place. Is it up to those in this public place to determine that a person's view needs to be challenged? Or set some kind of standard, so to speak? Not saying that I disagree with your assessment, I'm just not sure that that's anyone's role here. Many times, it's just misunderstanding. You and I have experienced that with each other. Correcting the misinformation/misunderstanding, yes. Challenging the viewpoint, not sure about that. That's where the arguments and this preception of rudeness begin. Because it is just a preception. We don't know enough about each other deal effectively with such things.

Edited November 19, 200915 yr by sblake01

I had'nt given much thought to posting US based information as rude, but it is in its own way. I will definitely keep it in mind when posting from now on.

I think that the whole purpose of this thread is missed by most that read it and it probably needs to be locked down or at least removed from the front page so that it can be forgotten........

Nice poll... I voted #1. Not sure what you are talking about with the USA -related items, but, I suspect it's supposed to be funny... haha

Oh, and I didn't see the original date of the poll. It's a bit old. Oops...

wizz off, the lot of ya.

+1 ^ How rude . :laugh: