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shawn703 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 05:39 AM
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Will it be safe to travel abroad if * is back for four more years?
With the people in so many countries hating Bush, I think many of them still tolerate American tourists because they know a majority of us didn't actually want him in office and may not have known what he was going to do internationally. If that lunatic gets four more years, won't they change their perception of the American people because it would appear we are supporting and rewarding Bush for his atrocities?
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 05:51 AM
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1. It won't even be safe to travel here.
If the anti bu$h terrorist don't get you the bu$h backed terrorists will.
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 05:53 AM
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2. Will there be places to visit...
here or anywhere else after 4 more years? I mean, this damn fool is going to get us all in a nuclear conflagration.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 05:54 AM
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3. I doubt it
If the American people actually elect him the rest of the world will extend their hatred of Bush to us.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 06:14 AM
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5. Baloney!
Yeah, I think people throughout the world will wonder what is wrong with the US and their mentality should * be voted for, but I go to Indonesia yearly, and they don't blame anyone for what the gov't does. I PRAY this country prevails in getting this clown out of office, but don't think you will be judged for what the gov't does.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 07:36 AM
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8. What about the people you don't deal with
while you are there?
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Ruffhowse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 06:11 AM
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4. Be prepared to be spit on or have spit in your food at that fancy European
restaurant.
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 08:27 AM
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11. I've been traveling in Europe
for over 30 years (lived in the UK for ten), and never have had anyone be rude to me because I was an American. I've seen Americans abroad be extraordinarily rude to the locals and talk loudly about them, not thinking that they could POSSIBLY understand English.
Bad things happen to American tourists generally because they behave like pigs, not because they're American.
I expect that that will continue, but I don't anticipate an escalation of bad behavior on the part of Europeans.
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 07:18 AM
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6. If * gets a second term, I won't worry about travel to other countries,
I'll be wanting to MOVE to another country.
Italy, have room for one more?
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 07:35 AM
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7. simply
no
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VaYallaDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 07:53 AM
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9. Not so sure
it's very safe for Americans to travel abroad right now, after he's trashed every long-term relationship the US has had with 90% of the rest of the world. It's the very reason I'm not going to Paris this fall.
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 08:30 AM
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12. Just booked
our tickets for Paris for the week after the election, and then we're going back at Christmas.
The French pity us more than anything.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 08:20 AM
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10. Next time I go abroad
I'm going to make sure I have maple leaves subtly displayed on my bags and sleeved around my passport.
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