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Originally posted by mortalengine
FlyersFan
After this dudes post, do you really still need to know why you are hated ?
The world DOESNT want you help, your help is for your own benefits. Your faith brings death
and you all follow each other blindly around like the worlds police.
Originally posted by Cythraul
reply to post by SimiusDei
We have brought materialism and a culture of superficiality to the forefront of everyone's lives.
And I know very few Brits or Americans who are even close to being a shining example of righteousness and integrity.
Originally posted by scorps
There are many reasons why Americans are hated. As a Canadian i see the effects of living beside a World Power everyday. For example as of 2008 Canadians will need passports to go into the USA, but the Americans wont need them to come into Canada...
Now thats a pretty sad example but im curious who hell thought they were so special to not need Passports?
Originally posted by angryamerican
Originally posted by mortalengine
FlyersFan
After this dudes post, do you really still need to know why you are hated ?
well lets just base all opinion of a place off one person, sure that makes sense.
The world DOESNT want you help, your help is for your own benefits. Your faith brings death
so you are a religious expert as well as being a expert on the American people? You wanna talk about religious deaths lets talk about jihad shall we.
and you all follow each other blindly around like the worlds police.
I was gonna go line for line taring your post apart and showing it for what it truly is. On further thought I will cut it short it would be more productive to shout at a wall then try to educate those who don't want to be educated. You make assumptions about America based on what? what makes you an expert on all Americans? is it Flyerfans post? how dare you judge all Americans by his post.
Guess what your opinions are wrong in every way. you are the arrogant one you puff up your chest and say all Americans are arrogant. read your post. talk about arrogence.
of course most Americans stay home. as do most people in other countries. when you have what you need to live computably at home why go looking else ware?
Sure we want cheap products who doesn't. Yes there are sweat shops it is a shameful thing but certainly not just our fault. They are few and far between these days.
Why would that be why would there be a decline in sweat shops. Oh weighte I know because well meaning arrogant Americans travel to ware the sweat shops are with there video cameras record it and bring the news home. there is such a stink made and poof the Untraveled Arrogant American takes care of a shameful situation the only way we know how. Financially. we quite buying from the company responsible till they take care of the situation.
What of the company's who run these sweat shops. Most are owned by company's from other country's, but do you blame them? no you blame the hard working average American who just wants nice things, much like every citizen of every country in the world.
Get it threw your heads people. America is not the evil empire. We have done some shameful things, much like every other country. Sure some of our people are Arrogant, much like people in every other country. Before your own arrogance starts pointing fingers at us you better make sure of your own back yard. For goodness sakes get your facts right before you spout off your mouth. For all those who this does not apply to I am sorry you had to be subjected to it but the air needs to be cleared and the fact of the matter is we as Americans know our flaws we don't hide from them we point them out. We are not any different then any other county. our people want nice things we want to be allowed to live and love and travel much like other nations. We are just people. The good and the bad, we are no different.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
If a United States corporation-or any foriegn corporation-comes to your nation and opens venue or televises their programming or markets their wares does not mean you have to line up and purchases the McChicken, wear the Tommy Hilfiger or watch American Idol. I sure as heck don't.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
That is a true shame. I know many, many people who are kind, generous and that give of themselves without asking for anything but thanks in return-Americans, Brits and others among them.
Originally posted by jbondo
Lots of propaganda but the truth is that the USA has a much more favorable rating than liberals or American haters would hope.
The US is in fact very well liked by many, many countries.
If I have time in the next couple of days I will gladly look up the rating statistics. I can tell you however that I have seen them (didn't bookmark though) and America was quite popular.
Like I've said in the past, the USA is like the parent and much of the worlds countries are like the children.
Now, how many children want to rebel against their parents? And just like children they make bad decisions and do bad things.
Originally posted by StellarX
Actually the USA is one of the youngest countries/nations on the face of the planet so your in my opinion standing reality on it's head! American policy makers might like to pretend that they are the adults but that's mostly because of the devastating toys they have managed to accumulate.
Originally posted by angryamerican
Well first I must applaud you. Ive always said its a free country and you are free to leave. you did more then talk you did it. On a personal level I think you made a mistake but that is a personal opinion.
I feel I must correct you on one point tho. Not every war the US has gotten into is a conspiracy. some times things really are the way they are told.
you make it sound as if we are the war mongering pigs that others talk of.
Guess what it really isn't true we really are not. when I say we I am talking about average American Joe and Jane not the US government. We are America the government is not America.
That I guess is something you never got that I believe is why you moved away from your birth home. you viewed us as them. So I applaud you as being very brave and at the same time feel it is opinions like yours that is the problem.
And to all I say again. Not every thing is a conspiracy. if you keep looking for the dark you become blind to the light.