that many of our own countries (mine included) have a significant percentage of their populations who know nothing "accurate" about any other country (and a lot of inaccurate things about their own).
Education is the key as an earlier poster said - when people are educated they tend to not follow the herd blindly but to form their own (informed) opinions.
Unfortunately, this doesn't happen often enough. I can't tell you how often my compatriots make silly assumptions about my life here in the Gulf - based on heresay and assumptions - not by actually "looking it up" which is so much easier today with internet access (so long as you use reliable sources). But, as my signature line says ..............
that many of our own countries (mine included) have a significant percentage of their populations who know nothing "accurate" about any other country (and a lot of inaccurate things about their own).
Education is the key as an earlier poster said - when people are educated they tend to not follow the herd blindly but to form their own (informed) opinions.
Unfortunately, this doesn't happen often enough. I can't tell you how often my compatriots make silly assumptions about my life here in the Gulf - based on heresay and assumptions - not by actually "looking it up" which is so much easier today with internet access (so long as you use reliable sources). But, as my signature line says ..............
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"