I was reading the comments about Edinburgh being the best place to live in the UK on the Channel 4 website. Amongst the comments of agreement and congratulations there were several negatives. That is to be expected on a public forum but some of the content got me thinking. There were clearly some tongue in cheek negatives posted by people who say that their hometown is better than Edinburgh  but others included the oft used generalisations including that people in Edinburgh are cold and unfriendly and that Scottish people hate the English. Some people really make decisions on a place based on this sort of thing.

I don’t get this sweeping generalisation thing. All women are not bad drivers, all old people are not grumpy, all young people are not always getting into trouble….you know the sort of thing.  Parking attendants are not bad people – they are doing an unpopular job. Tax officers likewise.

Is it laziness – is it prejudice – is it a defence mechanism?

Or am I just taking this all a bit too seriously?

What do you think?