National Steriotypes. Good or Bad. Are any of them even accurate?

stevejr

"National Steriotypes. Good or Bad. Are any of them even accurate?" says Paddy Irishman to the Bartender as Messrs English Man and Scotsman scratch their chins and wonder.

Chuck Stone

Just doin this for clarity.

A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions.

Wiki

Stereotype is not the same as prejudice.

prejudice

1. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.

2.any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.

3.unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prejudice

mackg

No

Also typo in thread title won't go down well here.

A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions.

There is no common denominator with people no matter what they are saying in the Roma gypsy thread, there will always be exceptions.

mike65

"Imagine a perfect Europe! In this dream all the police are English, the mechanics are German, the cooks are French, the lovers are Italian and everything is organised by the Swiss. And now lets have a look at Hell: the police are German, the mechanics are French, the cooks are English, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organised by the Italians."

pragmatic1

The Irish love of drinking and potatoes is accurate.

Superbus

mike65 wrote: »

"Imagine a perfect Europe! In this dream all the police are English, the mechanics are German, the cooks are French, the lovers are Italian and everything is organised by the Swiss. And now lets have a look at Hell: the police are German, the mechanics are French, the cooks are English, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organised by the Italians."

And in both contexts, everyone else is Irish.

stevejr

mackg wrote: »

No

Also typo in thread title won't go down well here.

Thanks for the etiquette lesson there Mackg. I'm a stupid Paddy Irishman. Thank you for treating me accordingly....

Mickeroo

I dunno, stereotypes only exist because there's at least some truth to them imo.

stevejr

pragmatic1 wrote: »

The Irish love of drinking and potatoes is accurate.

Don't you see??? That just shows how smart we are!

We actually invented a way to drink potatoes not just eat them! Hence Poitin.

Chuck Stone

Women like shopping and men like sport.

That's generally true isn't it?

Stained Class

mackg wrote: »

There is no common denominator with people no matter what they are saying in the Roma gypsy thread, there will always be exceptions.

The Romas are not a nationality.

They have no nation.

They're just a tribe who roam around europe begging & stealing.

In short.

Parasites.

No exeptions.

amacca

pragmatic1 wrote: »

The Irish love of drinking and potatoes is accurate.

stereotypical prejudice tbh

Bipolar Joe

Yeah, I just finished up a mound of potatoes and I'm sipping on Jameson, filled with a sense of melancholy. Some stereotypes are fairly accurate.

mackg

stevejr wrote: »

Thanks for the etiquette lesson there Mackg. I'm a stupid Paddy Irishman. Thank you for treating me accordingly....

Jaysus sorry for pointing it out so you could give the aul edit button a bash and save yourself a bunch of off topic replies in your thread, I won't make that mistake again.

mackg

Stained Class wrote: »

The Romas are not a nationality.

They have no nation.

They're just a tribe who roam around europe begging & stealing.

In short.

Parasites.

No exeptions.

Chucks post states that a sterotype is confined to nationalities, if you don't believe there is a single decent Roma gypsy fine I can't prove otherwise.

My name is URL

The cow doesn't always say mooo

Solair

You can destroy that quote too :

"Imagine a perfect Europe! In this dream all the police are English, the mechanics are German, the cooks are French, the lovers are Italian and everything is organised by the Swiss. And now lets have a look at Hell: the police are German, the mechanics are French, the cooks are English, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organised by the Italians."

Police are German - Eh, they're not THAT bad unless you're talking 1930s German.

Mechanics are French - France has some excellent engineering - Airbus, Concorde, the TGV, Alcatel telecommunications, the list goes on and on...

the cooks are English - So, Jamie Oliver, Keith Floyd, Nigella Lawson, Delia Smith, Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre-White, Rick Stein, again.. I could go on and on and on..

Swiss lovers - ... could be some good ones!

Italian organisers - If the Roman empire's anything to go by, they might not be THAT bad!

pragmatic1

amacca wrote: »

stereotypical prejudice tbh

Shut it paddy.

stevejr

mackg wrote: »

Jaysus sorry for pointing it out so you could give the aul edit button a bash and save yourself a bunch of off topic replies in your thread, I won't make that mistake again.

Ah yes, obviously your motives for your smartarsedness were entirely to save my blushes.

Thank you from the bottom of my Arse.

ArmaniJeanss

You shouldn't stereotype other nationalities ; thats what the Russians do.

amacca

My name is URL wrote: »

The cow doesn't always say mooo

what?...even if its a moo cow?

stevejr

My name is URL wrote: »

The cow doesn't always say mooo

...especially when it's a bunch of cats taped together.

--Kaiser--

Mickeroo wrote: »

I dunno, stereotypes only exist because there's at least some truth to them imo.

This is what I think to be honest. I wouldn't tar all people from a certain country with the same brush, but the culture you were brought up in has a large impact on your personal qualities