Re: Euro-Immigrants

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Tony Francis wrote:

> Brian Bilderback wrote:
> >
> > Interestingly enough, while in Turkey, I felt completely safe, was
never
> > harassed, spoken ill of, or even given dirty looks.  The people were
> > gracious, hospitable, curious, and friendly.  The only trouble I
HEARD of
> > during the trip was from a group of Chechen terrorists trying to
take a
> > hotel hostage.   The only unpleasantness I WITNESSED was in
Amsterdam.  The
> > Dutch were friendly, hospitable, etc.  The UK football fans in town
were
> > idiots.  I suspect if I went to their home towns, I'd find the
people
> > friendly, hospitable, etc.	I wonder how much of this kind of
trouble comes
> > not because that particular people group is inclined to trouble, but
because
> > refugee/foreigner status tends to do odd things to people.
>
> No, our football hooligans are hooligans everywhere :-(

Oddly enough I found the Celtic supporters at the Ajax - Celtic match
last
year, a very friendly bunch, when I ran into them in Amsterdam.

But isn't this getting a biiiiit off-topic?

Cheers,