We in Europe have a history spanning thousands of years, so we can be generous with it. We all have learned our lessons, and the point that keeping a grouch is pointless is one of them. The US has, in comparison, basically no history, so they kling to what they have.
I remember a couple of American tourists getting off a tourist ship in Cologne. Them, having no clue where they were, they asked “What is this building?”, and we told them that this is the Cologne Cathedral, and it is 750 years old (yes, this was a few years ago). Their reply: “No building can be that old!”…
We in Europe have a history spanning thousands of years, so we can be generous with it. We all have learned our lessons, and the point that keeping a grouch is pointless is one of them. The US has, in comparison, basically no history, so they kling to what they have.
I remember a couple of American tourists getting off a tourist ship in Cologne. Them, having no clue where they were, they asked “What is this building?”, and we told them that this is the Cologne Cathedral, and it is 750 years old (yes, this was a few years ago). Their reply: “No building can be that old!”…
so they *kkkling to what they have.
:(