Actually, we think pretty much how the media portays it. MOST mass-media watchers have the attention span of severely retarded ADHD 5 yr olds.
So, as a result we think you are drunks (Princess Diana disaster), and either soccer-thugs, or stuffed-shirted-big wigged-poofs.
UNLESS... you have tan intelligence somewhat higher than a common turnip, and the FIRST thing you believe is the media is nothing more than govt controlled propaganda.
I am sorry to say, here in "fat" America... as long as we have gas for our over-the-top SUV's; and high speed cable, I phones, and big screen TV's to watch "Oprah" and "American Idol" ... we as a country, pretty much never think about ANYTHING important except our own selfish interests.
Who was it that said "A country DESERVES the govet. it gets!" ???
...smart guy, really!! ....prolly Karl Marx.