on stereotypes.

talk about stereotypes, and how easy it is to get them all wrong. most of times there is some truth in them - deep down, of course. but to use them always implies that we're getting something wrong (being unfair, if you want), for they can never be true for everyone who was supposed to fit there. i remember one stereotype in particular, a very portuguese one, and right now i laugh at it. open-minded? spare me. unless we're thinking like richard dawkins, who once said there's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out, then we can easily see that it doesn't even fall into the cathegory of stereotype - it is, in fact, an urban legend. or dawkins is right, and that situation is the exception that proves the rule right.