Comments on: Conspiracy theory

By: john b

john b — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:06:00 +0000

80.5% of Americans live in urban areas.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:59:00 +0000

Ah, how silly of me to forget that no-one lives in rural areas. My sincere apologies.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:33:00 +0000

er..it’s where people live that matters.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:24:00 +0000

It may be the safest big city, but it’s still more dangerous than most rural areas. And there’s a hell of a lot more rural area than city.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:26:00 +0000

In a toilet in a stayion in Brussels I overheard a bloke rush in, address the attendant by shouting in English and demand to pay in Sterling. If he’d made the slightest effort to explain in French that he had no Euros, I’m sure she’d have let him in, but no… I think he wet himself. I know I (metaphorically) did.

By: Pearsall Helms

Pearsall Helms — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:53:00 +0000

Squander Two – New York is, these days, the safest big city in America by some margin. See here.

By: Ally

Ally — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:05:00 +0000

Last time I was in Paris (I think there's a song in there somewhere) I was appalled to overhear an American chap ranting at the bar in my hotel about how when, on his arrival, he had tried to pay his airport taxi-driver in dollars, the guy had refused to accept them and escorted him to a cashpoint to withdraw some euros. For some reason, the chap thought that this was unreasonable.

By: Wrong

Wrong — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:57:00 +0000

I’m particularly amused by the commenter who obsessivly blames Gramsci. Undead Marxists stalk the streets of London, killing all who oppose them!

By: European Loser

European Loser — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:57:00 +0000

Thank you. I think your pseudonym is quite apt, too.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:42:00 +0000

John,

Did you actually read Jason Stone's article? His problem was that he was applying for jobs with employers who told him in advance that his French was not a barrier to application, and who then refused to hire him because of his French. I don't see how getting pissed off by that constitutes arrogance.

Why anyone would want to live in Paris, on the other hand, is beyond me.

You're six times more likely to be mugged in London than New York, last I checked. And New York's more dangerous than a lot of the US.