Only for 10 days a year...
And I also hate Calgarians during that dreaded 10 day period in July...
And I also hate Calgarians during that dreaded 10 day period in July...
Poll: do you hate Americans?
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? I'm pretty sure that criminals in the UK have guns too, otherwise the police wouldn't need them as well, as purely non-lethal crowd control weapons would suffice. It isn't the people who get the permits and buy the guns from reputable stores that you have to worry about, it's the ones who get guns from some guy's trunk with the serial number scratched off.DeathScythe_Zessinthal said:
People who complain about Americans seeing themselves as the saviors of the world, yadda yadda, after WW2 should remember that America was content with staying on this side of the Atlantic (and Pacific, for the most part) before and after the first World War, and we had no reason to get involved in the European conflict when Hitler started his expansion. Britain, which was waning as a superpower at the time, turned the reins over to the US to deal with Stalin's USSR, and then Americans lived (along with the rest of the world) with the threat of being nuked (most likely FIRST or SECOND, depending on who would have been dumb enough to launch). I know lots of people were nervous with Americans dropping the bomb on Japan, and looking back on it there had to be a better way, but at the time it seemed the best option. When you're dealing with an enemy that would rather grab their children and run off a cliff than be taken prisoner, and a projected loss of thousands of soldiers (if not hundreds of thousands) just to take a series of small islands, as horrible as it sounds 100,000 people are better than 500,000 or a million.
As for the UN doing anything, they're about as useful as a medicinal leech. WTF have they done for anyone in the past decade, let alone since their inception? Did they step in at Darfur? No. Fuck the UN, a coalition of people with bricks in hand would be more effective.
I'm an American. Yes, there are some Americans that drive me up the fucking wall. Yes, there are racists, zealots, ultra-patriots, ignorant buffoons and war hawks here. And if you say there aren't the same kinds of people in your own country you're a fucking liar. People hated the Romans, the Brits, the French, the Greeks, and the Persians because they conquered and threw their weight around internationally. All of them did horrible things, and all of them did good things as well. Now, America is in top position, for however long that will last. Boo hoo, deal with it. In another few years we probably won't be, and you can ***** and moan about the people who'll be calling the shots then.
This thread will be unpopular...
Anyway, although there is a minority of Americans who are ignorant of others (and their cultures). I dont have much against them in general, in fact there some very pleasant Americans I know (I'm English). Saying hating Americans as a blanket statement is a very bigoted point of view - that's not aimed at anybody in particular...
Anyway, although there is a minority of Americans who are ignorant of others (and their cultures). I dont have much against them in general, in fact there some very pleasant Americans I know (I'm English). Saying hating Americans as a blanket statement is a very bigoted point of view - that's not aimed at anybody in particular...
I'm American, in the American military even.
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The sterotyped, ludicrously overwieght, self-serving, narcissitic idiot who scarfs down <an un-nessecarily hyperbolic number> of hamburgers, salutes George Bush for all the so-called 'good' he has done, and thinks other countries should be ground beneath the heel of Our Righteous Dogma (tm).
Absolutely. Passionatly. Sign me up for the hate parade.
When I travel outside of my area of PERMDUTYSTA and CONUS, I pretend I'm an Aussie, simply to dis-associate myself with that idiotic (also, read: Incorrect) sterotype. The stereotyped American makes up a ludicrously tiny portion of the population.
I'll be the first to say that I'm disgusted by the vulgarity and rudeness of my countrymen at many-a time. Even on our home soil, we're loud, annoying, brash, and impaitent.
But, to weigh things fairly,I don't hate Australians - I also don't see Australain as a synonym for 'dude wielding a machate and bush hat, dropping 'mate' at the end of every sentance who knew Steve Irwin in life'
I don't hate Englishmen - I also don't associate them with the high class, charlie-chaplin look-a-likes sipping tea after every breath with an outstreached pinky and greeting everyone with "Jolly day, good chap" or some other nonsense.
Hate the sterotype, and go right on ahead hating it. I do.
Don't unessecarily make the sterotype the first thing you think of when you hear the word "American", either.
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The sterotyped, ludicrously overwieght, self-serving, narcissitic idiot who scarfs down <an un-nessecarily hyperbolic number> of hamburgers, salutes George Bush for all the so-called 'good' he has done, and thinks other countries should be ground beneath the heel of Our Righteous Dogma (tm).
Absolutely. Passionatly. Sign me up for the hate parade.
When I travel outside of my area of PERMDUTYSTA and CONUS, I pretend I'm an Aussie, simply to dis-associate myself with that idiotic (also, read: Incorrect) sterotype. The stereotyped American makes up a ludicrously tiny portion of the population.
I'll be the first to say that I'm disgusted by the vulgarity and rudeness of my countrymen at many-a time. Even on our home soil, we're loud, annoying, brash, and impaitent.
But, to weigh things fairly,I don't hate Australians - I also don't see Australain as a synonym for 'dude wielding a machate and bush hat, dropping 'mate' at the end of every sentance who knew Steve Irwin in life'
I don't hate Englishmen - I also don't associate them with the high class, charlie-chaplin look-a-likes sipping tea after every breath with an outstreached pinky and greeting everyone with "Jolly day, good chap" or some other nonsense.
Hate the sterotype, and go right on ahead hating it. I do.
Don't unessecarily make the sterotype the first thing you think of when you hear the word "American", either.
I'd say I hate America as a country and government, but I won't hate the people themselves, it seems unfair to condemn a whole nationality of people simply because of a few idiots.
Being American, I put "some". I absolutely hate that people will judge an entire country on just what they hear through their news media, which is only the stereotypical Americans, as they are funny, and good for news. You never hear "Americans didn't kill 6,999,999,999", but you hear all the time, "Americans killed 1 person.". News isn't news if it isn't news (Understand that?).
My best friend is Australian. We webcam all the time. Sometimes she'll have friends over, and she'll introduce them to me. It's funny and sad at the same time to hear what they think of Americans, and see how they react to me. It's like they're trying to avoid getting killed by some terrorist. It is amusing to watch their expressions as I shatter their stereotype, though.
You know what probably bothers me the most? The fact that most foreigners judge America so harshly, while NEVER having come here themselves. It's such a STUPID and IGNORANT thing to do! How could you possibly judge an entire COUNTRY solely on the basis of what you hear? *Stomps off mumbling angrily about people and their stereotypes*
My best friend is Australian. We webcam all the time. Sometimes she'll have friends over, and she'll introduce them to me. It's funny and sad at the same time to hear what they think of Americans, and see how they react to me. It's like they're trying to avoid getting killed by some terrorist. It is amusing to watch their expressions as I shatter their stereotype, though.
You know what probably bothers me the most? The fact that most foreigners judge America so harshly, while NEVER having come here themselves. It's such a STUPID and IGNORANT thing to do! How could you possibly judge an entire COUNTRY solely on the basis of what you hear? *Stomps off mumbling angrily about people and their stereotypes*
edit: goddamn it double posted.
Well, I don't hate Americans most of my friends and loved ones are American. Although my fiance is French and all but one of my grandparents a European immigrant... hmmm...
Well, I don't hate Americans most of my friends and loved ones are American. Although my fiance is French and all but one of my grandparents a European immigrant... hmmm...
First of ALL; the first time he was elected the vote was so close it had to be recounted and was decided by the courts who one. The first time in history we've had to do that and many people still to this day feel that the decision was wrong.Chris B Chikin said:
Secondly; In the second election he won by the smallest margin in history for an incumbent (currently elected) president.
Our electoral system is archaic and broken though lets say a candidate wins 2 out of the 3 sections of a state well then they get all 3 sections. Or in California where there are 56 sections if they win 29 then they get all 56 votes. So sometimes people win who aren't elected by the actual 'majority' vote like Bush.
There are 350,000,000 people in this country (legally) and you're going to knowingly judge a half of them because of the other half? Not counting the people not old enough to vote of course.
It's stupid I know.
In other words "It seemed like a good idea at the time". To be fair to the Americans, this pretty much sums up the entirety of a million years of slowly evolving human intellect, in a nutshell.astarks3 said:
You're probably right. Problem is, America will nuke planet Earth to smithereens before giving up "the shots", and anything strong enough to actually 'remove' America from this position will need even more nukes, save for something divine.
I really don't see the point in bitching and moaning, because we'll all blow ourselves to pieces anyway in the long run; I'm pretty sure that's the ultimate destiny for mankind, preordained from the moment 'this' ape decided it would be a good idea to hit 'that' ape with this rock...
Still, life goes on I suppose. Even if humans fall out of the eternal struggle to survive, some other poor species will always come out on top. Sorry, I'm tired and I'm philosophising. Continue with your flame war if you wish, I'm off to get some shut eye.
I don't hate all americans, but all the talk about how wonderful and free their country is and waving the flag and making a very patriotic speech in movies all the time, im not saying that there's something wrong about being patriotic but maybe they should dial it down a bit =). I would never live there even though "it's the best country in the world" they got shitloads of crime. They have approx. 12.000 murders a year, i wouldnt dare walk outside at night, even in a good neighbourhood.
And also with their rights, most of them see it as a law. In some states you have the right to shoot someone if they walk on your property, but some of them do it just because they can, when they can just let the 12 year old boy/girl just move back to the street and walk there when they accidently touched their right foot on their lawn.
Maybe that's the only side you see on TV, i still think it can be great over there, i would love to travel to like NYC or LA. There's lots of things that are great that come from the U.S such as:
Movies
Music
Games
And also with their rights, most of them see it as a law. In some states you have the right to shoot someone if they walk on your property, but some of them do it just because they can, when they can just let the 12 year old boy/girl just move back to the street and walk there when they accidently touched their right foot on their lawn.
Maybe that's the only side you see on TV, i still think it can be great over there, i would love to travel to like NYC or LA. There's lots of things that are great that come from the U.S such as:
Movies
Music
Games
I hate ANYBODY who's like that, regardless of where they're from.Sindre1 said:
Edit: What amuses me, and at the same time makes me die a little inside, is the fact that the people calling Americans "elitist bastards", are, in fact, making themselves the "elitist bastards" by saying so. "I'm better than you", "this sucks more than that", whatever. You can't judge an apple by an orange. The countries are just too different to compare them to each other.
I don't hate all americans, but all the talk about how wonderful and free their country is and waving the flag and making a very patriotic speech in movies all the time, im not saying that there's something wrong about being patriotic but maybe they should dial it down a bit =). I would never live there even though "it's the best country in the world" they got shitloads of crime. They have approx. 12.000 murders a year, i wouldnt dare walk outside at night, even in a good neighbourhood.
And also with their rights, most of them see it as a law. In some states you have the right to shoot someone if they walk on your property, but some of them do it just because they can, when they can just let the 12 year old boy/girl just move back to the street and walk there when they accidently touched their right foot on their lawn.
Maybe that's the only side you see on TV, i still think it can be great over there, i would love to travel to like NYC or LA. There's lots of things that are great that come from the U.S such as:
Movies
Music
Games
And also with their rights, most of them see it as a law. In some states you have the right to shoot someone if they walk on your property, but some of them do it just because they can, when they can just let the 12 year old boy/girl just move back to the street and walk there when they accidently touched their right foot on their lawn.
Maybe that's the only side you see on TV, i still think it can be great over there, i would love to travel to like NYC or LA. There's lots of things that are great that come from the U.S such as:
Movies
Music
Games
I cant have personal hate on a singel country, I hate it as much as i hate it when someone askes you a question over and over. but still i mostly hate everything like that >.> unless it makes up for its mistakes which america avoides like a recovering pyro avoides lighter.
I must say most, Not all thats generalising, but most I have met are really assholes now not saying Canada or other countries arent I know plenty of Canadian assholes, but mainly, the Americans I have met so far are just well horrid (but i have seen and heard of plenty of good ones and I'm talking in circles 
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