kaygee
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T he education system is designed to achieve numerical targets, not to help people to be able to think and evaluate.
The celebrity fixation has created aspirations which are based on achievement of trivial symbols - easy targets for a very clever marketing sector.
The 'me, me, me and my rights' culture encourages people to look for easy fixes - acquisition without evaluation.
Why have we voted in a hypocritical, socially manipulative, venal and dishonest set of politicians for the past ten years, at least? For the same reasons; but then politicians are the original marketeers of junk, rip-offs and phoney offers. |
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GLH (male 48 UK)
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I think you've been gullible in assuming that all Brits are the same... only a gullible fool would lump an entire population of over 60 million under any single label.
In my job as Law Practice Manager I assist with answering email requests for advice and we receive a fair proportion of them from overseas, including the USA. I would say a higher proportion of the ones from the US show a degree of naivity which far exceeds anything I have experienced in the UK.
The famous con trick where a con-man "sells" British national monuments such as Windsor Castle or Stonehenge to gullible American millionaires is well known. I don't recall any Brit ever "buying" an American National monument. |
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bcmb1234
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i'd say the americans are more gullible then us , sorry |
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brianthesnailuk2002
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Why do people generalise with no idea of what they are talking about ? |
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Hat-A-Tat-Tat!!
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what a sweeping statement! - are you american?!! |
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Pinkflower
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You need to take a look at your country first before slagging our country off thank you. You lot are way more Gulible than us. :) |
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joojoo29
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We are not gullible. we just let u think we are. |
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brian u k
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we are gullible...boy our goverment don,t have to ban a story about aliens just in case there is mass hysteria over there.shssssss |
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tj
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The British?, by that you mean all of them, damn you know a lot of people |
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Mark P
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I'm pretty sure sherlock is british looking at his other questions and answers. I suspect people are taking the question the wrong way, i dont think he's trying to be openly offensive, he's simply saying why do so many people fall for the scammers out there.
to answer Sherlock, I think its a worlwide issue, there's always someone out there thats a little naive or easily pursuaded and thats what these people relly on. No one can be educated in everything. |
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FairyBlessed
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I am English, and British, and I am not so gullible as to believe the statement within your question.
If you believe it you are indeed gullible. |
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sandyfeetregency
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I wasn't aware that we were - do you mean British tourists in America? It's a big generalization you make there. |
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annie
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I am British and I don't think I am gullible! Maybe due to growing up in Australia where everything is 'Tru Blu' mate!!!!!
I work in Tourism in Nth Queensland and have found that Americans are the most gullible, do they think they can get a bus back from The Great Barrier Reef? Yes they do!!!! lol and no, we don't have 'rootbeer', if you want what you get at home, stay there! I don't expect 'Vegemite' in Africa! |
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Wolf guy lupine
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To humor the americans, they're easily amused. |
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tizzy
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thats a vast catagorization!!!
i was unaware all the British were like this, Im certainly not,and im sure a large percentage arn't......
why are you lumping us all together...we are all different....are u American? |
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Icarus
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us gullible?!?!? hell no.
what's that, you wanna start a war against someone?
completely illegal you say?
count us in |
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badger boy
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are we really, i didnt know that!!!!!!! |
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Fader's Girl
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You're jokining aint ya!? Americans are the worst! not us! Its your country that brings the "phoney discounts" "bogus offers" adverts to OUR screens! so what does that say about you and your country!? |
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vambo
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I'll buy anything, what ya got? I'm not a great payer, though.
Icarus deserves twenty stars or thumbs up or whatever it is for that answer. I don't use them because it's stupid, but I nearly did. |
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ejb199
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its not just the british - its people in general! |
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SPLEB
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Sounds like you've done your homework on us brits sir, and if thats correct why ask. SC |
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semiogreg
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Did you know the word 'gullible' has been removed from the dictionary? |
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bez
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We can see through them we just pretend that we cant so we can justify our purchases and if you want the product you want the product and thats it.
Glad you didnt come shopping with me on Saturday!!! |
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Equalizer
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because we are too trusting |
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brianinchina2003
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And phone lines that cost a fortune to wait to answer a stupid question like
Is London in
A. England
B. Scotland
C. France
Because they've been brainwashed by the media to think the capitalist system is an innocuous, trustworthy, caring inevitability in life, and it's not out to rip them off. |
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Internet Marketing Expert
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The british are too naive. |
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Ñ♥ØÄPixie Queen~*
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Its because scratching yor head is an important part of the thinking process and most of them are dragging their knuckles so low they cant reach up to scratch.... no scatch, no think.. |
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dude
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cause they suck
ha |
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scratcher
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I agree the british are fullible look at the way many people believed the credit scam and the goverments time to wise up !!! |
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