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[#49838]
Written by: poppadouche [06/08/2007, 19:32] |
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looking through some of these threads here and other places like imdb and whatnot, i'm just curious, whats the deal with all the "stupid americans" posts? we're not all rednecks. we don't all love war. unless spielberg has something to do with it  we don't all live in hollywood and churn out god-awful movies left and right. we don't all, i hope you get the point. i just don't get it. especially here, this isn't some political or news site where we all come to spew our beliefs on the world. we all come here for the same thing, to download tv shows! now i really could give 2 shits less about someone on the internet's opinion, i'm really just curious as to why would someone bring that type of crap to a board like this. |
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[#49841]
Written by: death734 [06/08/2007, 19:58] |
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what country does get made of by others? off the top of my head stuff i remember hearing france: frog jokes london: bad teeth mexico: racial jokes stuff i'm not gonna get into (some involving bad jobs) german: nazi stuff in this day and age its natural for countries to get made fun of they might have to think of some new stuff when usa, mexico, canada become the american union |
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[#49842]
Written by: poppadouche [06/08/2007, 20:04] |
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good point, but seriously, alot of stuff is said just in hatred about the us, not just good natured fun |
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[#49858]
Written by: jayduba [06/08/2007, 21:27] |
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because we meddle and we havent the right.we try to impose our ways on others. we think anything is allowed for profit. we think the rules of the world dont apply to us. if others use coercive measures we call it torture,when we use torture we call it coercive measures. we try to make other countries follow our copyright laws by threatening them with wto sanctions. we do not have freedom anymore but keep claiming we do. we strip away our own freedoms in the name of safety. i'm an american. i love this country but i hate this government. |
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[#49866]
Written by: drib [06/08/2007, 22:16] |
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i guess i've missed a lot here because i really havn't seen a lot of hatred towards the usa. what i have seen a lot of is any time someone gets pissed at someone else, they tend to say something like "what do you expect from an american" (regardless of what country they are from). personally, i'm canadian, but i've travelled coast to coast in canada, and to almost every state in america except hawaii (dammit...lol). to say there's something generically wrong with americans (or any country or culture for that matter) is ludicrous. jokes are another thing and if something is said in jest, you have to have a sense of humor about it (i love a good newfie joke!). as long as the person telling the joke can take it return, it should all be good then. regarding governments...every country has a problem with their government. i think that's universal. some may be more newsworthy than others, but i think we all have an inherant distrust of our own "reigning bodies". there is bad in all cultures, but we don't need to generalise an entire country. in my own experience, americans have always been superb people, easy to get along with, converse with and i have nothing bad to say about them (except possibly fix some of the damn potholes in your highways! )
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[#49882]
Written by: Woofitt [06/08/2007, 23:29] |
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alot of americans can come across as obnoxious and ignorant. with bush at the helm this can easily be considered as the stereotype in american culture. |
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[#49928]
Written by: zoniad [07/08/2007, 03:18] |
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and its also wrong... the world wide web is generally credited to an englishman - sir tim berners-lee and his belgian counterpart, robert cailliau whilst they were working at cern in switzerland... i refer any who wishes to argue this point out of patriotic pride or otherwise to: http://info.cern.ch/ 
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[#49935]
Written by: [07/08/2007, 04:36] |
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there are many many reasons people are anti-american. very successful capitalism only looks good to the people who profit from it, to most others it just looks like greed. america invented mcdonald's, just something to think about. you are still essentially a child nation with very little history behind you. your government still believes in the concepts of good and evil, instead of realising that everything is shades of grey and you impose your "good" on the world. your news channels also do you a disservice and portray americas as shallow clich |
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[#49969]
Written by: spetz [07/08/2007, 10:04] |
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hey a lot of its just for jokes but then other people have there prejudices for a lot of reasons. a lot of americans come of as being cocky thinking there country is the best but not just the best but the best by a lot... when people arent really impressed. then there is the fact that allot of americans dont know allot about anything out side there state/country. i drove through the usa once when i was moving and the hotel clerk didnt know where saskatchewan was and its the the province just north of his state. or then you can watch stuff like rick mercer talking to americans where they think we have a seal hunt in the prairies or are capital building is an igloo. now that is just how some people are but it does build up stereo types and then when we meet some americans online who dont say the smartest things we associate them with the stereo type. basically from my view allot has to do with americans lack of information about the out side world. just my two cents... later dayz |
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[#49982]
Written by: liz1102 [07/08/2007, 11:17] |
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like when people can't spell the simplest of things correctly?? allot: to parcel out or distribute a lot: very many |
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[#49987]
Written by: horse [07/08/2007, 12:05] |
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Written by: vto80 [07/08/2007, 13:48] |
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i'd say it's the us foreign policy most of all. and you can thank the neocons for that. as for 'stupid americans', well, as someone already said in this thread, it's just a stupid stereotype. |
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Written by: vto80 [07/08/2007, 14:18] |
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yup, it's true. the arpanet network was a us army project aimed at creating a computer network that would not be vulnerable to a nuclear attack (wiping out several nodes). tcp/ip was invented for the purpose. internet as we know it came about when tim barnes-lee & company invented the http protocol - web pages. |
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[#50019]
Written by: God [07/08/2007, 15:54] |
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[#50033]
Written by: kirnon [07/08/2007, 16:50] |
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my two cents (see my americanism and smile folks): individually i find that i actually get along with americans (from the usa)better then i do with most non-americans due to their openness and friendliness. the problem i have is when americans are found in groups then i find them annoying and prefer not to associate with them as they seem to develop a superiority complex regarding almost any and every thing and seem to feel that they need to educate not only each other but any other poor soul they happen to come across. i can honestly say some of my best friends are american but i make an effort to avoid my friends whenever they are involved with other americans. |
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