Who played the neo-Nazi who rapes Edward Norton in "American History X"?
I checked the cast list and the closest I could find was Nicholas Oleson, listed as "Huge Aryan" (and who apparently passed away before the film was released)...however, IMDB lists him as being 6'8" and while he IS tall, he doesn't seem to be nearly a foot taller than Norton, who's around 5'10", I think. He's the dark-haired guy who anally rapes Norton's character in the showers...he's later seen laughing at Norton when he waddles around the cafeteria, gingerly sitting down due to the injury to his anus.
What do US citizens think about Europe?
It depends on the country. Britain and Ireland are well-liked by a vast majority. The same couldn’t necessarily be said for France. Eastern Europeans are bound to be mistaken for Russians, as the map of Europe between Berlin and Moscow is terra incognita for most Americans. Same with the Benelux nations, except for the occasional reference to the Dutch tolerance of marijuana, or the Belgian proficiency in making beer, waffles, and chocolate. Italians are going to be seen through the prism of Sicily and southern Italy (no doubt to the annoyance of other Italians), since that is where the ancestors of most Italian-Americans came from. Spain is perceived as a whiter Mexico, essentially. Central Europe and Scandinavia are seen as industrious and harmonious, but also humorless and boring.Except for some left-leaning admiration of the European welfare state and the density of its cities, most Americans range from ambivalent to vaguely disdainful of Europeans. Any individual European is bound to be treated well (Americans are generally rather friendly) and the accent is going to be a source of fascination. But on the whole, Europe (with the exception of Britain) doesn’t really intrude on American culture or consciousness very often.In fact you could make the case that, with things like Anime and the ubiquitous Japanese restaurants, Japan puts a far bigger footprint on American awareness than Continental Europe does. What is the last Dutch show that was seen here? How many can name a German band? Who knows anything about Czech cuisine? I can’t stress how big an exception Britain is to all of this, however. Britain pierces the bubble of American parochialism in a way that no other nation does. Not even Canada.
Why is the Mormon image of the perfect male a tall white guy with blond hair and blue eyes?
Not surprisingly a large majority of Mormon girls all seem to love, adore, worship and prefer tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed, grade A, superior master race white guys. Literally every Mormon girl I have ever spoken to, and I have met many, told me she has a preference for tall white guys, and they all have a weakness for the blond-haired, blue-eyed Hitler Youth look. I have never seen a white Mormon girl in an interracial relationship or marriage with a guy who is not white. Simply never happens
Did our parents grow up in a better world than us?
I believe so. But the only people who can have a true opinion are our parents, because they have lived both then and now. I'm still young, but I believe that technology and media are ruining the world. Celebrities are followed around with cameras and worshiped by the general public like Lindsey Lohan's drug use makes a difference in my life... Society is hell bent on finding a way to lose weight without having to get off the couch and excercise. Medical technology and medicine are great. But everybody keeps trying to invent one more thing to make life easier... or as I say, "lazier." I'm old enough that nobody had cell phones growing up, and I can remember everytime you went somewhere, you called to let your parents know where you were. If they found out you weren't there, you were dead! Like I said, technology is great in many respects, but for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, meaning that it has it's many down sides. It has killed an honest and hard-working society.