Hating America

[Anonymouse]

Anonymouse and Baron Dants:
I was driven to start this thread beacuse of this attitude: "This is a stupid country; it has nothing to offer other than Ernest Hemingway." Everybody that expresses their contempt for America (and its residents) is usually unable to separate the foreign policy of the government from intranational activity and sentiment. Baron, all of your qualms about America that drive you to say you hate it are about the governments foreign policy. That is like someone saying he hates a particular hamburger restaurant because one of the items on the menu has mayonaise in it and he hates mayonaise.

But that's the thing, the idea of America itself is everlastingly tied to its political core, namely the State, so that whatever way the State acts, it does so in concert with the masses. Think of it this way, millions voted for a president, who bombs innocent women and children, do you think if I were a Muslim in Iraq, I would only hate the political lapdogs in Washington, or would I also extend this hatred to the apathetic Americans who endorse and tolerate this?

I do not hate the fact that I have alot of opportunities here, but I do hate the fact that the State and the political lapdogs give the rest of us a bad name. I also recognize the fact that it was forces outside of politics that have caused the prosperity and opportunity America experiences, so then I may hate the government freely without really hating the opportunities and liberties of America. Anyone else who is familiar with the Federalists and Anti-Federalist debates knows this too.

[xBaron Dants]

That's the major thing I hate about America.

I dislike the way of life (which is almost the same as it is in Canada), but I don't care about that enough to hate it. What do I care if they all weigh 4000 pounds?

[sleuth]

"This is a stupid country; it has nothing to offer other than Ernest Hemingway."

Who is that lacklustre individual.????

That's just plain ignorant and attention begging sentance.You should just jeer on this person(with your creative ,critical and analytical mind ),rather taking it seriously.


*That said, I think hating America is like the flavor of the week/month/year for certain too **cool** people. But then there are those of us out there who have at least two brain cells to rub together and we can see through all that bull.*(ckbejug very well said).

[patlajan]

That's the major thing I hate about America.

I dislike the way of life (which is almost the same as it is in Canada), but I don't care about that enough to hate it. What do I care if they all weigh 4000 pounds?

What does that mean exactly? I think it speaks well for a nation that its poorest and least educated are fat instead of starving to death. I don't know anyone that weighs 4 THOUSAND pounds.

[Anonymouse]

What does that mean exactly? I think it speaks well for a nation that its poorest and least educated are fat instead of starving to death. I don't know anyone that weighs 4 THOUSAND pounds.

Like that lady that died while attached to her couch. Indeed.

[nunechka]

there was a lady that died by swimming in the oceah by herself dressed by like a dolphin... lol that was GENIUS!

LOL

well it was sad, but that shows the intelligence level of the majority of the people that live in this country

[Harut82]

People hate America becuause the average american uses 4 times energy/resources than the average person on earth. Most geologist believe that we are at peak of the amount of oil thats being pumped out of the ground. Unless we find a cheap ulternate source of energy they are going to hate us even more

[Stark Evade]

well it was sad, but that shows the intelligence level of the majority of the people that live in this country

Oh it does? The majority are that stupid? People laugh or roll their eyes at stories like that, if you haven't noticed and it is because it is uncommon. And that goes for the lady in the couch. How many people honestly say, when reading that story, "Well I know what that's like," or, "My aunt did that too." I hear stupid stories like that all the time from other countries (AP Wire stories on local FM95.5 or the Fickle Finger of Fate stories on local FM101.1). If I judged all of those countries because a couple of people made the news for brainlessness, we would have no respectable countries.

[Anonymouse]

People hate America becuause the average american uses 4 times energy/resources than the average person on earth. Most geologist believe that we are at peak of the amount of oil thats being pumped out of the ground. Unless we find a cheap ulternate source of energy they are going to hate us even more

Most geologists are idiots. When they say 'peak oil' it means that the oil that we get now, given the current technology, is growing scarce. There is always more oil in the sea beds, and places where our current technology cannot tap into.

[Stark Evade]

People hate America becuause the average american uses 4 times energy/resources than the average person on earth. Most geologist believe that we are at peak of the amount of oil thats being pumped out of the ground. Unless we find a cheap ulternate source of energy they are going to hate us even more

That's not true. Norway, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, Kuwait, United Arab Emerates, and Canada all use more electricity per capita.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/ene_ele_con_cap/NAM

Also by using this site: http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/oil.html
...you can see that Canada's per capita for oil is very similar to America which is only about twice per capita of countries like Germany, Japan, and France and is only about 30 percent more per capita compared to Saudi Arabia. And, using the world fact book, you can figure out population densities:

France: 110 people pre square kilometer of land
Germany: 234 people pre square kilometer of land
Japan: 340 people pre square kilometer of land
United Kingdom: 249 people pre square kilometer of land

United States: 32 people pre square kilometer of land


More density means overall better public transportation.