It's bad to enforce stereotypes on an entire nation ........
 

But sometimes they just don't help themselves...

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more like continent. hahaha

I don't get it...

It's a bit like when you turn on your PC and the lights in Zagreb go dim.

It's a capitalist pig thing Marijan.

They have electricity in Albania? I thought it was a country full of pikeys. Well I never.

You guys are a bit xenophobic aren't you?

Xenophobic???
What gives you that impression, you commie peasant?

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Your joking aside, I'd like an honest answer from Lee and Richard. During the years I've gotten a distinct feeling Brits look down on east Europe and east Europeans...which I obviously don't care for.

I fail to see the humor in mocking an impoverished country. What's the title supposed to imply anyway, shit like that never happened in the west?

The title implies that most westerners see Albania as somewhere that's 50 years behind the rest of Europe with a Norman Wisdom obsession. Hence the title.

So you're kind of a xenophobe aren't you?

I have no idea who Norman Wisdom is.

If you say so :rolleyes:

It's one thing to acknowledge that a certain country is impoverished, but how do stereotypes come into it unless you're making a xenophobic statement? Albanians as a people are inherently backward? Haha...funny shit...:rolleyes:

Where did I say that?

It was implied...:rolleyes:

Hey, while we're on the subject of backward nations, have you heard about that shit down in Mianmar?:laughing: Cracked me up...

Where was it implied?

I just thought it was funny one cat could knock out an entire city's power for 3 days.The thread title was based on already conceived notions , not my personal opinion.

It was implied in the thread's title. You could have merely reported the news without using that title and the connotations would have been entirely different. It would have been a bizarre incident and nothing more. But instead you suggested that the incident has everything to do with Albanians as a nation. The thread was obviously meant to mock Albania and Albanians. Had the same thing happened in some western (maybe your own) city you wouldn't have called upon stereotypes and you wouldn't have been labeled a xenophobe. :|

The English take the pish out of everyone and everything, it's part of our culture believe it or not but if people think that we are a bunch of xenophobes then you should visit here. it is one of the most racially diverse nations on the planet and in parts of london there are over 60 different languages spoken in a 2 mile radius.

Many people rip the pish out of the English-tea drinking, pompous, bad teeth etc. We are not remotely bothered because we have thick skins.

You will find that most English (including myself) get on with anyone and indeed a very good friend of mine is Slovakian and I am on good speaking terms with a Hungarian and a Pole (they do all happen to be female!) So lighten up. You do not seriously think that we would post genuine racial slurs do you? It's called humour.

Now where's that cat....

And had this happened somewhere in Africa the title wouldn't have been racist?

Also, I'm glad people who have had every opportunity in the world find it amusing to mock others' misfortune...it doesn't come off as obnoxious at all...:rolleyes:

I wonder if your east-European comrades would appreciate something like this being said about their respective nations...

Just thought I'd put my two cents in so you don't think everyone chuckled.

I think that's what should have happened in the last episode of Tom & Jerry...