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Old Posted Nov 21, 2011, 4:05 AM
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I didn't know about Liverpool, the confederate fleet, Mason-Dixon line, etc. Bizarre.
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Old Posted Nov 21, 2011, 10:22 AM
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It seems that many Europeans are more likely to be a little more informed about historical figures from other parts of the world than Americans though Abraham Lincoln in particular I wouldn't expect to come to mind there as easily as, say, John F. Kennedy or Franklin Roosevelt.
True......Most Americans don't even know that Big Ben is a clock.......
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Old Posted Nov 21, 2011, 1:21 PM
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who cares for someone who died thousand years ago? And is hateful those north-american presidents and all kind of politician all around them
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Old Posted Nov 22, 2011, 7:39 PM
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Well pretty much the only British Prime Minister Americans have ever heard of is Wiston Churchill (MAYBE, Neville Chamberlain). Besides Tony Blair and Margret Thatcher, of course. I think it goes both ways.

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Old Posted Nov 22, 2011, 8:48 PM
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At least you Brits get some PMs noticed internationally. I doubt many outside of Canada have heard of Sir John A. MacDonald or Brian Mulroney or Kim Campbell or Sir Robert Borden. Hell, even some of our own citizens draw a blank when hearing Kim Campbell or Borden.
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So,I guess young people anywhere can be ignorant.
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At least you Brits get some PMs noticed internationally. I doubt many outside of Canada have heard of Sir John A. MacDonald or Brian Mulroney or Kim Campbell or Sir Robert Borden. Hell, even some of our own citizens draw a blank when hearing Kim Campbell or Borden.
Well Kim Campbell was Prime Minister for all of 4 months so I don't know why that should come as much of a surprise.

And frankly, coming from a Canadian, who cares about who our PMs are? They wield little international influence and abide over a peaceful quiet sparsely populated country. I'm always quite surprised when someone from outside of Canada has any knowledge of Canadian politics.

About the only one who accomplished anything of note on an international stage is Pearson, and as much as I would like more people to know about him and his contributions, I'm not surprised the majority do not.
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I'm afraid he is not as so well-known as other American presidents. Probably because he was more concerned with home issues rather than European affairs.
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By name he is fairly known in Denmark since he is often mentioned in US TV shows and film..

From educational sources it's mostly how he refused a seperation of the union and got more than half a million people killed in the following civil war.. ( as a small nation that isn't too pleased with it's EU membership that's history we don't want to see repeated )
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