Lopan
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Professur said:Killing your own people - freedom fighter. Killing other people's people - terrorist.
The root of the problem me thinks.
Professur said:Killing your own people - freedom fighter. Killing other people's people - terrorist.
Professur said:I've cousins in the middle of that part of the country. I've literally heard both sides.
Interestingly, you've hit the nail squarely on the head (unintentionally, one can only assume). When these third world countries become consumer driven, terrorism will largely disappear.tank girl said:capitalism... winning "'the war on 'terror' "
Lopan said:Get a passport, travel and be humble.
Our societies have been around alot longer than yours. Drop the arrogance.
The Other One said:
Ah, the America bashing continues.
Yes it is true most Americans don't know alot about the "rest of the world." But we're the biggest dog on the porch. We don't need to know as much about "other societies" as you do about us.
The "rest of the world" (in particular, Europeans) is sadly ignorant about Americans. They don't understand us as a people, they practice sloppy intellectual stereotypes, and they view themselves as the paragon of culture in the universe.
And this coming from a group of people who on the whole don't bathe on a regular basis.
Americans have widespread access to information about the rest of the world; "other societies" receive their information government-clarified. Nowhere in the world is the press more expansive and unrestrained than in the United States.
We have more land mass in many states than most Euro countries have.
We have every natural wonder the rest of the world has. We don't NEED to go overseas.
America by virtue of its superpower position is the most influential country in the world; the West is carrying mankind into the future both socially and technologically. It is multi-culturalism that is bringing Europe to its knees.
How do you shove that much sawdust in your face at one sitting?Winky said:I had one of those double quarter pounders with cheese last night, does that count?
The Other One said:Yes, yes, I know, I know: Every American action, both present and past, as an act of deliberate oppression and systemic exploitation. America is an unmitigated evil. To be against America is to be on the right side of history-- to be for it is to be on the wrong side.
Seriously though, I would suggest that anti-Americanism stems from the fact that we are a prosperous, successful, and powerful country. No other reason. Well, maybe that Euro countries can't make that claim. So where's the motivation to get a passport and travel to one of them?