maybe it's all a matter of the packaging?...

*Note: found this while editing the blog layout.  Decided to post along with most other unfinished posts in the hopes of having a) some new content, and b) a more complete blog of my year*

I read this article in the New York Times on Thursday and was shocked, and a bit angry. Then, on Friday morning I read the same article in the De Morgen at breakfast and I understood. I understood where stereotypes of the US come from, why Europeans think we're all gun-crazy, enemy-killing idiots, and most of all, the lack of understanding that we as citizens have of where our image comes from.