This is it, right here, and not just in regards to warfare, which is where this reputation gets a lot of it’s legs.
Honestly, polite and accomodating until deliberately crossed is a huge part of national identity, but it’s not really expressed it seems like. We all know we are this way, but internationally, we still seem to have the pushover vibe which is weird and stupid.
I prefer, we are nice and polite….until we aren’t.
We’ve been plenty polite. We can still be polite, but still be elbows up, gloves off.
The classic “I’m sorry” and “you’ll be sorry”. It starts with the first until given reason to switch to the second.
This is it, right here, and not just in regards to warfare, which is where this reputation gets a lot of it’s legs.
Honestly, polite and accomodating until deliberately crossed is a huge part of national identity, but it’s not really expressed it seems like. We all know we are this way, but internationally, we still seem to have the pushover vibe which is weird and stupid.
Come at us ya hosers.