Re: Americans are more open minded than Europeans
oh i see…ab yaad aayaa. 
vaise Mohnaa [people from his ancestral village in Pakistan] se Mohnii kab ho gaye? 
bechaare kii moochheN daaRhii bhii haiN phir bhii aisaa KHitaab mil gayaa…agar Ganjoo ganje na hote aur tond kam hotii to cute aurat lagte…
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okay.. so how do you see Americans in general. rude? carefree? careless?
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carefree, responsible, friendly, proud and honest people.
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#Zardari_kutta](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Zardari_kutta) ?
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Kudos the poet Ms. Ada Jafri as well as the OP for their kind words.
It was Bangladesh that reportedly banned its people from waving flags of other countries during the Asia Cup cricket tournament this year but even that ban was lifted almost immediately. Similar restrictions don’t exist in America. In fact, not only do so some people (normally expats, international students etc.) and consulates and embassies display foreign flags but foreign owned businesses do as well. For example, the Roosevelt Hotel is a historic, almost a century old hotel in New York and along with an American flag it also has a Pakistani flag hoisted above the main entrance of the hotel because it is currently owned by PIA. Likewise, Ikea, which is one of Americans’ favorite furniture retailers, is a Swedish company that proudly displays Sweden’s flag on a flagpole in front of its every store in America.
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carefree, responsible, friendly, proud and honest people.
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That’s more like it. :k:
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i was not talking about the businesses or tourist places flying other countries’ flags…i was talking about visitors flying their own country’s flag on their vehicles. also, the homes flying their native countries’ flags.
during the Gulf war, there were many incidences reported when neighbors called police or had a big verbal fights before the police arrived.
i found them less tolerant to other countries when it came to their patriotism.
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Tourists can* absolutely *fly their native countries’ flags on their vehicles if they want, and people, as I stated earlier, can and do the same outside their homes as well. I’m sure most people would not bat an eye. Very unfair to characterize a nation of over 300 million people based on some alleged “incidences” involving pesky neighbors from two decades ago. Plus, if people were less tolerant of other countries or their flags, they would be boycotting businesses like Ikea that display flags of other countries.
By the way, Indian Americans (almost 80% of whom are foreign born) are incredibly successful group and earn twice the national average. Even Pakistani Americans are much more successful lot than their British counterparts or even Canadian Pakistanis. That is in part because of their education, hard work, and level of integration into society no doubt but also because of the opportunities that America gives them and the tolerance and acceptance of diversity of Americans in general.
Even Canadians love coming to America, not to mention hogging some of the great jobs. 
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lol…ok, you got one conversion! 
btw, i honestly do not wish to live in the USA…it’s my personal choice…i could have gotten job in the US with ease but i never considered it.
reasons for it:
-gun culture
-world politics
-health care
-too crowded
-too hot *
-random violence
-school system for kids
i hate two tier system of education and healthcare.
you don’t have to agree with me! :D*
Yaar khudaa ke waaste, zabardasti kee phainkaa phaanki bund karo. I have never seen a single civilian car with a flag on it (unless maybe on 4th of July). Kon lehrataa hai apni gaariyon pe jhanda? Fuzool main …
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you are bossing me around, TLK.
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lulz](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Lulz)
Where do u live btw
I live in EU and every person on the street greets the stranger !
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But no one hug you on Eid day, whether you are in US or Europe. 
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Re: Americans are more open minded than Europeans
okay.. so how do you see Americans in general. rude? carefree? careless?
OK muqawwee123 I have a question for you or anyone else can answer also, it is about language, especially polite language .......like for instance when we want to address someone in a nice way in Urdu, we say Aap! and for informal address we say tum!
did you know there is an equivalent to that in English, not British English but American English!
can you guess what polite word is used to address someone in America instead of saying "you"????
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In "My Cousin Vinny" Vinny used "yous"
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mona lisa <3
Re: Americans are more open minded than Europeans
OK muqawwee123 I have a question for you or anyone else can answer also, it is about language, especially polite language .......like for instance when we want to address someone in a nice way in Urdu, we say Aap! and for informal address we say tum!
did you know there is an equivalent to that in English, not British English but American English!
can you guess what polite word is used to address someone in America instead of saying "you"????
don't know about American, but in British it was 'thy'
