The world should worry.

[Mikeus Caesar]

My mum recieved an email last night, with a video clip from some American news network. This guy was going about asking Americans what country they thought should be invaded next. Most of them said Iran or North Korea. One even said France (because they're not America's ally). Yet, when asked to put a flag on a world map of where these countries where, they all put the flags on Australia. One of the people who had suggested Korea, upon noticing Tasmania, said, sounding quite shocked "wow, i didn't think South Korea was that small!"

It makes you worry, doesn't it?

[The Stranger]

it makes me worry indeed...Amsterdam is the Capital of Berlin

[bmolsson]

Old news.... The American dream wouldn't work on tooooo educated people...

[Meneldil]

The fact you haven't noticed this video is a joke makes me worry.

Edit : if you look a few pages back, you'll find the (closed) topic with a link to this video

[Leet Eriksson]

Well the channel itself is a joke channel, but what about the people interviewed or asked these questions, where they acting as well?

[Meneldil]

Huh, I would expect even the dumbest westerner to know where's Australia and where's Europe. I admit that knowing the location of say Iran might be too much for the brain washed masses, but Australia ?

One thing I saw on TV and that was pretty funny was the interview of random americans, back when the Euro was introduced. When asked "What's the currency used in the European Union", a group of 16-18 years old girls was like "huh...well...hum...the European Dollar ?"

[The Stranger]

ofcourse it was a joke, the channel was a joke, this thread is a joke...America is a joke but i'm not joking

[Kanamori]

It's funny that some people can't put a flag on a map, who the people doing this video probably spent days finding, and that some people can't recognize a joke... "CNNN" is a Ausie joke-channel btw (like John Stewart's news), "CNN" is American

[Shambles]

Dosent really suprize me to much,

Even if the Chanel is a joke I doubt many would have Put the flags in the right places,

recently i watched some people from London Try to put flags on Liverpool Newcastle and Other such places.

They Failed miserably.
I dont supose geography is a Big factor in education.

[Redleg]

LOL - some of you need to be able to recongize what is a joke - that the editing done to make the joke look real.

I can assure you if I went to any European Country I can accomplish the same joke by interviewing tons of people and then careful editing to show make the joke happen. I could even do it quicker in Australia.

Just another bash America thread in the making -
Have fun with it....

[ichi]

Can you blame them?; trying to find Australia on a map is hard, tucked away down there next to Canada

[Redleg]

Its kind of like finding Maine on the United States Map.

[The Stranger]

somehow i think you mustnt learn from maps alone...theyre not that acurate

[AntiochusIII]

Its kind of like finding Maine on the United States Map.

I could.

As a matter of fact though, I wonder how many Americans fail to recognize Iraq's position in the world map. I suspect it would bring many to shame.

somehow i think you mustnt learn from maps alone...theyre not that acurate

What do you mean?

[Ja'chyra]

Its kind of like finding Maine on the United States Map.

I couldn't, I'll admit it.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Originally Posted by Redleg
Its kind of like finding Maine on the United States Map.


I couldn't, I'll admit it.

Its one of the easiest to find. Just look in the upper right hand corner.

[Kanamori]

Now Vermont and New Hampshire, I had trouble keeping those straight back in sixth grade geography

[Devastatin Dave]

Duhh, me stuped amerikan, duhhh me no nothin but wut me iz told by talkin box...

Yes, we should be afraid because the United States is the only country with stupid people.
You can all kiss my ignorant American ass.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The world should be worried that e mails such as this are circulated and that some people are so dumb as to think its real.

[The Stranger]

I could.

As a matter of fact though, I wonder how many Americans fail to recognize Iraq's position in the world map. I suspect it would bring many to shame.

What do you mean?

well they give a rather twisted image of the world...antarctiaca is huge...while its smaller than australia

iceland is shown as 1/3 of africa size while its smaller than england

and the world is round...you can show that on a square map...and more things i cant explain in english

[The Stranger]

The world should be worried that e mails such as this are circulated and that some people are so dumb as to think its real.

i never said they were

[Duke Malcolm]

They increase land mass sizes to keep the sea distances real.

[The Stranger]

...i dont understand...???

[Devastatin Dave]

America is a joke but i'm not joking

...i dont understand...???

Looks like there are dumb people in other locations as well... and I'm not joking either.

[solypsist]

talk about opening a can of worms

already been posted. twice.