Don’t' hate the player...
Maybe this is a little more of the "American Ego" but I'll contribute an observation about my trip to Europe in December.
In London I could definitely pick up on the anti-Americanism, it was right underneath the surface. All I had to do was speak with my "American Accent" (we all know they are the ones with the accents)
. I heard about how:
"Americans are assholes"
"Americans are stupid"
"Americans are brainwashed by CNN"
"George Bush is a scumbag and caused September 11th to happen"
It went on and on... I was constantly amazed at the shit I heard.
I realized that Americans don't spend their days hating other countries. I never hear, "The British are assholes", "Australians are this...", “Japanese are this... ". Sure we like to make fun of our Canadian friends to the north every once in a while, but they know deep down we love them!
Why is it that America and America's foreign policy matters so much?
Why is it so "cool" to "hate Americans"?
"The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $36,300. "
That excerpt was taken from the “CIA World Factbook” (
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html). How does it go Webfather, "Numbers I trust, people I don't!"?
If another country was the "largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world", we’d all be talking about how much we hate them. It comes down to jealousy.
I'll admit it, if I were not a US Citizen I would be jealous too!
Last edited by KC at Feb 27 2003, 07:22 PM