The demographics of this community

I met a greek doctor once on a train travelling from Istanbul. He lived in America. Curious to know why he left, I asked him. His response was that he hated Greece, and that 'all Greek people are rude, fat and lazy'.

I retold this story during an academic seminar and, in concurring with the Greek American, told my peers that after spending two weeks in Greece they were indeed the rudist people I had met in the whole of Europe. I also said their country as a whole, felt like a third world country - curious when you consider the general prejudices against Eastern Europe it has worse trains, more dirt and a more anarchical feel than Romania or Bulgaria(the former which I loved). I also pointed out that, statistically, they are apparently also the most obese in Europe.

Turns out the tutor was Greek.

Of course he was furious, but why, I thought? And there I realised it - strong reactions occur against things which at the very least contain a modicum of truth. If a comment is made that is so patently false, then it runs of us like water off a ducks back. But if it contains some truth, suddenly we all get very angry.

Thus explaining this thread.

what a fucking shit anecdote.