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PEALS-05, why didn't you lambast me then? Why alwaysfaithful now?
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<p>Alwaysfaithful, I think, generalizes quite a lot. She or he struck a nerve with me, I suppose. I really don't believe statements that "the conceit of American young people is worse than the dictatorship of the communist government" or "Americans don't study Chinese, have you ever seen any do it?" are valid and acceptable statments, you see.</p>
<p>Alwaysfaithful uses the world "average" sometimes in a loaded way-- the "average" American, the "average" Chinese. If he or she wants to comment upon the "average" American or "average" Chinese, he or she had better know every American and every Chinese in the whole world before constructing a composite, general "average." Similarily offensive and ridiculous was that no Americans participate in foreign messageboards. Until Alwaysfaithful keeps a close eye on every single messageboard in the entire world for American users, I won't believe a thing she or he states upon the entirety of American participation in foreign messageboards. </p>
<p>Pip-pip, I don't recall seeing you write anything vaguely as overblown, overstated and baseless as Alwaysfaithful, who frequently uses "The Chinese" and "The Americans" in his/her posts in regard to behavior. I do not think Alwaysfaithful is a sociologist of the Americans, or the Chinese. I can probably be found guilty of generalization, but I don't believe I've made statements upon the way the Chinese people act or behave.</p>
<p>Alwaysfaithful seems to enjoy making statments upon American behavior and the way they act. And I doubt she or he is an expert in that field, so I seem to be "lambasting" him/her. </p>
<p>I actually think Alwaysfaithful says some really interesting and valid, supportable and even laudable things about cultural exchange between the Americans and Chinese. But there are glaring examples of ignorance and overstatement from him or her too.</p>
<p>Oh, and creamsoda: I'll just be plain blunt and say you're retarded, dude. And not funny, which is what you were probably hoping for. You failed miserably. Can I hope that you're in maybe seventh grade and not a prospective college student, or would that be asking for too much? The latter, I'm afraid... :(</p>