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...In the United States, there has been a recent social shift to a new concept of side-ism. It's becoming a matter of a person either being on a particular side or not. You can be on the terrorist's side or on our side. You can be on the communist's side or on our side. The accusations are endless. The grey area of geo-politics has now been wiped clean with only a yes or no demographic that can somehow be used to indicate a person's loyalties.
This is becoming the primary problem, in my opinion. Before the current administration and the events of 9/11 and whatnot, it would be perfectly acceptable to criticize a particular issue of foreign policy as an American. Now, however, with the new social concept (as aforementioned) as the dominant popular attitudes, little criticism can be listened to and understood without a person's loyalties becoming suspect.
Personally, I feel the United States has slipped up most recently with it's rationale for invading Iraq and threats towards other Middle-Eastern nations or similar rogue states. Even in Afganistan the US may have done a lot more harm then good to the nation even with ousting the Taliban. I'd say the blatant hypocrisy of US foreign policy is what offends me the most. While it's all well and good to say that life for women in Iraq is better now with the US occupation, what's that to say about Saudi Arabia or Kuwait where the conditions there are just as bad? Our what about nations like Indonesia or Libya, where their governments are now moving towards more progressive and unified societies, but still suffer from the general distrust and open threats from the Unites States due to a few petty trade disputes?
Furthermore, not wanting to make this topid entirely political, but the hypocrisy in the US media is equally disturbing. Shock-talk pundits like Anne Coulter or Bill O'Reilly have no problem criticising my country (Canada) for failing to join in on the war effort in Iraq, but completely fail to comment on our commitments in Afganistan, the Balkans, or even the recent rescue operations in Louisianna.The innane dribble that passes for political insight astounds me at times.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: January 18th, 2005 05:47 am (UTC) |
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Re: I'd rather be flagburning
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Capitalism comes the fact that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, in The U.S. is allowed life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As long as this happiness is not infringed on by someone else in a deadly manner, ie, drunk driving and the like.
That means that you, I, Joe-schmo down the street can start a buisiness and YES we get lots 'o tax breaks to start companies. This business can blossom and go corporate- or stay small. Depends on what your business is.
Another thing is that in our country if you want to survive you HAVE to serve your fellow man. You can open a restraunt, but if you don't have good food and service, chances are, you're going to go belly up. So Restraunts offer up good food and good service. Unless you go go a truck stop..then you get what you can take ^.^
It's been said that the US should just stay out of foreign countries- then how about we take back our billions in foreign aid? And how about we disallow foreigners to start businesses here or get green cards? They should run their country how THEY see fit?! Then we'll run our country how WE see fit- and I wouldn't worry about it- our smog doesn't reach over the Atlantic Ocean.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: January 10th, 2002 05:42 am (UTC) |
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 I'd rather be flagburning (continued.)
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2: Fundamentalism. Religion is very important for America, with god-bless and all that. Even though other religions are allowed, white america seems to me extremely right-wing, and extremely christian. When you put military bases in muslim holy lands, it's very disrespectful to their history, but that I don't really care about. muslims should discard religion as well as you should. If you want to know why, ask any ateist like myself. I really don't have the time to say everything that could be said. go to http://www.punkbands.com/propagandhi and find out for yourself in the essay "Religion? No Thanks."
3: Ignorance. Vietnam for instance, is not a country with history and all to you. Instead, it's just a place goodhearted americans went to fight off the threath that is communism. For an american, nothing exists besides america. To you, America is the centre of the world, and your couldn't care less about other countries and their people. What USA wants is a conservative system where all countries more or less obey them, and capitalism is global.
My friend tried to travel to america to study there for a year or so, and when the authorities found out he was a member of the swedish youth communist party, he was denied access to the land of the free because of his opinions. So was an entire anarchist family i know.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: January 10th, 2002 05:43 am (UTC) |
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I'd rather be flagburning (continued.)
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An american to me is a white, religious male. A lobbyist perhaps, at least he is (on a european scale) incredibly conservative on the verge of neo-liberalism. He lives his ignorant life in a country where every leads a good life (at least according to what he sees. Minorities are hardly considered to belong to the human species.) When the tragedy at september 11th occurs. Yes it was a tragedy. Back then. Then came your actions towards the afghan civilians. We will forever be reminded of the WTC terror attack where 3500 died, for hundred of years at least, but we will never in the least mourn the double amount of afghan casualties, nor will we be reminded by you about vietnam, panama, yugoslavia etc. etc. etc. etc. etc... USA kills innocents every day. Americans don't know until the vengeance strikes at them, and then they see it at an unprovoced attack, and all arabs are beardwearing, pro-taliban, allah-worshipping, camel-fucking towelheads, and should be put to death.
And all the time, the american lives his life just like the day before without knowing of poverty, infanticide, or the tremendous amount of hate which is aimed at the country he lives in, from the corners of the globe. to him, america is the greatest, helping every less fortunate country with problem that is socialism. socialism in which the root of all ideas is equal values and rights. I'm not saying everyone should be socialists like I am (Beautiful thought) all that i am saying is that you should stop regarding socialism, anarchism, and communism as af we socialist were some kind of goddamn nazis.
i can understand why people like you can live your lives without caring about the rest of the world, and i can even understand how a conservative mind works. and its really bothersome. It can all be summed up in one word; egoism.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: January 16th, 2002 07:13 pm (UTC) |
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America "leave the world alone"
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I cant stand the way the Americans are using the Middle eastern nations for cheap oil. George Bush recently commented that people hated America because terrorism stood against the values of freedom and democracy that the STATES claimed to have. How can the rest of the world become independent, because whenever a country tries to rise - America shuts its down by using propoganga against it and finally 'moves in for the kill.' Look at Iran, look at the whole Gulf. All that just for Oil. How many people have to die. Osama Bin laden, Mullar Omar, they may be considered as terrorists; but when u think about it, what they were doing was a much more leanient version of what America was doing. I do console with the loss of life at the trade center attack. But as far as sympathy is involved, I show no sympathy for the American people. Finally the war is brought to their doors steps instead of other innocent regions around the world.Although a lot of people died, the ignorant Americans had to get a wake up call to know what was happening. Now, much more Americans research and try to find out whats going on beyond their borders and thats a step forward. It may have been a fatal expression to spread their views, however the terrorists I think paid the Americans back a small percentage of what they desreved. Hate is bad, but you have to look beyond that. What caused hate to be formed. What caused Terrorism to be created. Surely, there cannot be so many derranged indeviduals out there. America, you've made these people. You paid for Osama Bin laden to be armed and trained. After the September 11th bombing. Deal with it in ur own internal way. Leave the rest of the world out of ur phoney escapades!!!
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: January 31st, 2002 04:06 pm (UTC) |
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Too apologetic, obscures your argument.
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I'm English too, so I understand the guilt culture as well, but you shouldn't have let this obscure and influence your essay. You were, I think, laying off the US a bit because of this guilt, but the fact is the country is almost universally hated and with good reason. The sad thing is that history is written by the winners and the many human rights atrocoties committed by the US will go unremembered in history. I have no sympathy with terrorists, anyone who uses violence to put a point across is a cunt in my eyes, be they white, black, brown or green, but the fact that the US can not understand why anyone would attack it...that's ignorent and dangerous. I believe Bush made a very glib, "we are the good guys" comment after the tragedy, and the world looked at the inbred fuck with disbelief. I don't hate American, but i hate their beliefs, their arrogence, their flag-waving religious fervor and the fact that a lot of Americans see the words "God" and "Freedom" as synonomous with the word America. The constitution continues to be bastardised, and the average Western European has many more basic freedoms, guarenteed or not, then Americans ever will.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: February 1st, 2002 03:01 am (UTC) |
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the reason why we hate US is the thing they do, they act like a peace maker in the world, they controlled other to do this and not to do this, they thing they are right, they don't know us, we are happy to live in china, other developing country want develop and they say it make polution, the most polution is made from US, nuclear bomb, factory in the past, they developed on don't let other developed, they are selfish.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: February 9th, 2002 01:31 pm (UTC) |
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 die america die
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I hate america becase i live next door! I am a canaian, and we forgive by nature. BUT, I can tell you this.
I have to watch american news everyday. I see how and why over 1/3 of the world hates the U.S.. And why that number rises more everyday. They boost that they value freedom above all else. Yet they enforce more retrictions on freedom, then any other country in the world. Like their freedom of speech, (Say what you what as lond as it been passed by a censor), or when they say they are fighting for freedom, and send thier "Peace Keepers" to other countries, to enforce american freedom, (by Distroying thier culture and way of life). they do this to everyone,including the country that support them. here in canada, we can't go to the u.s. without out vigoruos screening and a 5000 word essay on why i love america,(not really, but might as well, it would be faster), then once there pay lot's of money for nothing (including thier taxes) just to pay more to get it back into canada. But they can come here and pay little for lots, then get what they payed in taxes here back. and when we try to make money off them, they put tariffs, and embargo's on all our exports. But for some reson we call it free trade, they call us their bitch.
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