The fact that Americans spend and buy way beyond what we need is a regular topic with foreigners, nothing wrong with HS bringing it up here.
And in regards to this comment:
“How would we feel if foreign tourists were pointing their cameras at us eating our hamburgers or shopping at Wal-Mart?”
Has anyone heard of the ‘game’ some Europeans have of seeing who can get the biggest, fattest American on their video cameras when visiting DisneyWorld? When I moved home from Japan, the girth of many Americans, and the crazy buying was shocking after having been away so long (and as everyone knows, it isnt like Japanese dont buy things, but they buy small things, ‘giftos’, gadgets, etc). There is nothing wrong with HS commenting… something has gone awry here in the US (and yes, it is especially noticeable in SoCal – but it is absolutely everywhere now) and it is a very GOOD thing to be discussing it.
“Thanks for sharing that and participating in this forum. I invite you to consider my point of view…”
