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Originally Posted by dong20  Almost to a one, the people I met who had been robbed had, IMO practically painted a target on their heads. I'd little sympathy for them.  |
I didn't mean avoiding being stamped for purposes of robbery... I meant for avoidance of the general enmity shown toward americans all over the world today...
Ugly Americanism is a real thing...
The greatest compliment my wife and I got when traveling in Europe was that NO ONE ever took us for Americans.. Italians, French... but never for Americans...
IT made things a lot nicer everywhere we went.
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I've never understood the need to 'advertise' one's nationality in such a way, it always seemed vaguely offensive to me. The only indication of my nationality I carry is my passport and I would never display a flag, UGH!
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I was suggesting it as a way to adevettise a FALSE nationality... that is... NOT be taken for a US citizen..
Except in China... In Mainland China, staple your US passport to your forehead if you want to be mobbed by the most gorgeous Chinese women you ever saw.
Of course... they are mostly interested in how you might change their life... than in you.