how can we live without stereotypes?

Being a foreigner in France can create sometimes situations.. specific ones:) The whole thing is about questions.. after all, there is no stupid questions, huh?sure.. there is not...

1. your parents, are they comunists?
2. Well... i know that you might dont like this name because you are polish.. but its really nice bar, you know? (we were heading to Politburo...:))
3. You aren't allowed to joke about Pope, are you?
4. You still think that Chopin was polish???
5. Listen, I wanted to apologize for II World War...I have found out yesterday what we have done to you...

But seriously, we are not any better. Honestely, how much do we know about other countries? We cry that French people are not interested in us.. we feel offended... but..

I remember when one day, in Krakow, students from Ukraine made a test to check how much an average polish student of journalism knows about his neighbour... More than 60% wasnt even able to name more than one city.. not mentioning information more detailed like religion or at least one writer..

We prefer to stay in a world made of stereotypes.. But when someone else does the same thing to us?
Well....

we can fight:) scream and feel shocked...

we can start to learn and discover other countries and their cultures..


we can also smile, light a cig and answer:

you know, war was over long time ago.. Anyway, dont feel sorry, we didnt take it personally...

oh yeah.. the world is made of absurd....