Bahamians do not live in straw huts.

This is excellent. Priceless use of The Simpsons. Thank you to Native Stew for sharing. It's particularly hilarious because while attending university in North America, people were stunned that someone like me could be from the Bahamas. Once that shock had dissipated, I was asked questions about our use of straw, thatch and other native materials and people were astonished that I had normal clothes and that people used cars in the Bahamas. It makes you realize just how superior first worlders believe their countries to be, as their media constantly portrays developing countries as total backwaters. It's quite humorous. It's an ever more globalized world and lazy writers, like the lady who wrote the original article, need to be more aware of that fact.

For background reading on the story:

From The Tribune, click here.
From The Tribune as well, click here.

An even better rebuttal:

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Thank you to Being a Geek for sharing. Game of Thrones is fantastic. If you haven't read the books , read them. In the world of fantasy literature, there have been a lot of average writers, but three great writers stand as colossi . In my view, they have defined the genre: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and the mythology it spawned. Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time and the mythology it spawned. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and the mythology it spawned. And if you haven't seen the HBO show yet, then get on it. The show is approaching the end of Season 2. Season 1 was fantastic. Season 3 should be amazing as the show's popularity has amped up HBO's spending. It's available via HBO On Demand or catch it on HBO on Sunday evenings. Another HBO show that is amazing is Boardwalk Empire , be sure to check that out. It's about Prohibition and features Al Capone as one of the characters.

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