01-16-2003, 11:26 AM
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Originally posted by Rikard_OHF:
they way you wrote it i thought they came from the US and moved to Europe...
Hmm well I can't see how you got that impression, but it was obviously a misunderstanding.
Anyway, from my own experience (as child of an immigrant and being surrounded by people who immegrated to Holland) Europe is not such a hard place to live. My Parents moved from China to the netherlands and they made it up to the upper middle class.
Some people will always have trouble living a specific country because of the culture. American Culture is quite different from Dutch Culture and Dutch culture is very different from French. If you are unlucky to end up in a country where people think differently and act differently from you, it's very very hard to integrate, and start a thriving business. Alderian had trouble living in Holland for example, and he came from england.
There's loads of people who have trouble living in the US, a friend of my brothers moved to the US and he didnt like it. That doesnt mean the country is bad, it means that they had a bad experience with that country.
The people I am talking about made their way westward trying to find places that they would be accepted. One guy move to germany, to france to england, another came from turkey, to greece, to italy to france to england then to the US....its not like these people were not looking for a place to live and succeed, The stories were that the governments of said nations were rather .... rude to them....in the end they got here and succeeded...that is the comoon thread.
Edit: Ack!! The thread has been hijacked ..I am such a sucker for going off on tangents..sorry...so back On topic...The US is requested to be the worlds policeman, if we ignore the call we are blamed, if we answer the call we are blamed, it is as Cerek said, a no win situation.
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[ 01-16-2003, 11:28 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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