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Originally posted by DeltaGammaWolf
Back to the discussion about Ace representing KA, I would imagine that it would be hard to put your best foot forward ALL THE TIME, especially being in a foreign country, with strangers for roommates, and having cameras shoved in your face all the time. I know I couldn't do it.
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There's a HUGE difference in adjusting to a new country and just being rude about it. When I moved to a foreign country, for about the same amount of time, with strangers as roommates, and I didn't act anywhere near the way Ace did. The words that he uttered seemed to be peculiar to him--not his roommates or the vast majority of Americans who WILLINGLY move abroad. My criticism of him had nothing to do with his drinking (he's over 21), or anything like that--simply his rudeness and unwillingness to settle into a foreign environment. The RW folks in London experienced culture shock, to be sure--remember Mike and the Ranch dressing?--but they were not the stereotypical "Ugly American." His
insularity is what turned me off.