"::darkshadows::" <bloody@mary.org> wrote in
news:c4eih31v5qga62og693qrqdl5irgaor398@4ax.com:
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> Brits less popular after Europeans get to know them
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> Fri Oct 19, 10:45 AM ET
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> BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A poll of Europeans showed people of different
> nationalities liked each other more after getting to know each other,
> except in the case of the British -- who became less popular.
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> A project organized by the Notre Europe think tank brought together
> 362 citizens from 27 EU states for two days of deliberations in
> Brussels last weekend.
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> They were asked their views on a range of issues before and after the
> event, including how much they liked or disliked German, French,
> Polish, Italian, British and Spanish people.
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> The Spaniards were most popular with 78.6 percent approval at the end
> of the weekend. The Poles the least with 67 percent.
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> But all nationalities gained in popularity, bar the British who went
> from a 70.3 percent approval rating at the start of the weekend to
> 68.1 percent by the end.
>
> Professor James Fishkin of Stanford University in the United States,
> who developed the polling technique used, urged some caution about the
> findings.
>
> "I would be careful about drawing too much inference about people
> disliking the British -- it's small and not significant, but you know,
> it is what it is, and it did happen that way."
>
> Fishkin said he did not think France's defeat by England in the rugby
> World Cup semi-final in between the two polls had had an influence,
> even though the number of French participants in the survey was
> disproportionately high.
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>
>
Yep, I agree. I often dont like myself LOL.
Mercury.
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