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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My generic non-US country is Italy.

We value family there, and those of us here carry on that value.

We're not smug.  In fact, I can't tell you how often my friends invite themselves over b/c we are great hosts!

But again, responding to your posts is like writing in chalk on a brick wall during a rainstorm.  Understand a culture first before you blast it.  Italy is very family-friendly, but b/c of the crushed economy, people are not marrying and are certainly NOT having kids.

chalk on a brick wall - Remember that, dense one.[/quote]

How can I understand a culture if I don't even know what culture it is? (I was slammed once for asking why people don't mention what country they're from as opposed to the generic 'non-American.')

Again, if it's so much better in Italy/people are nicer/family is so much more important, why aren't you there? Oh wait, you can find employment here.

I'm going to assume you're reflective enough to know Italy has its own problems, so I won't go into the racism (does the word Nazio ring a bell?) and corruption (the Mafia/Cosa Nostra get all the press, but the 'Ndragheta and Camorra deserve some love too -- and when was the last time a team was kicked out of the NFL for match-fixing?) extensively. Surprised I know about those things?

Unless, of course, you want to keep on slagging off on Americans and how we hate our families and are all selfish greedyguts.

Remember, you're the one who started it with "And b/c they can rely on family (b/c family means something to Europeans - unlike it does here)." [/quote]

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