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Ascaloth · 2012-09-16, 23:41

Yes, I also realise I'm not being fair when I'm generalising my dim views to mainlanders in general.

I mean if anything, I should be aware that not all mainlanders display such a level of arrogance. And it's not like I've not seen that for myself either; my girlfriend's landlady is a mainlander who married a local and had kids with him, and she's about as nice a lady as one gets. Surely, they're not all arrogant pricks, right?

But when you hear the same tales about them repeatedly, and from difference places from sources all over the world, what's more? It can get very, very hard to keep a balanced perspective.

I'm not saying I'm immune to bias, or any such crap, but how did that saying go? When there's this much smoke in the air...

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Ascaloth I don't give a damn, dude Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In Despair Age: 37	Yes, I also realise I'm not being fair when I'm generalising my dim views to mainlanders in general. I mean if anything, I should be aware that not all mainlanders display such a level of arrogance. And it's not like I've not seen that for myself either; my girlfriend's landlady is a mainlander who married a local and had kids with him, and she's about as nice a lady as one gets. Surely, they're not all arrogant pricks, right? But when you hear the same tales about them repeatedly, and from difference places from sources all over the world, what's more? It can get very, very hard to keep a balanced perspective. I'm not saying I'm immune to bias, or any such crap, but how did that saying go? When there's this much smoke in the air...