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Posted by Eugene on Mar-02-2002 00:47:

What is your opinion of the United States (USA)?

Both politically and socially, what is your opinion of the United States? This question is for everyone, from every country.

Posted by tiesto14 on Mar-02-2002 05:12:

Politically i think we are on the right track...
Socially...i think SOMETIMES we tend to fall victom to materialism and "The I Want" syndrome...but its ok

I LOVE AMERICA...but every country, including "us", needs some work....none our perfect

Posted by Spyder on Mar-02-2002 15:19:

well it's ok... in my opinion.. there are some ppl out there that are just odd.. and i'm not blaming the country for that.. but hard.. too .. if they mostly are from the US...
but not all...
beacuse i doo have friends from the US and family.. so i'm not saying society is all that bad..

politacly.. be a better posture..

Posted by Coup on Mar-02-2002 20:09:

i would moan about ur politicians, but look at ours! ha!

Posted by vmc on Mar-03-2002 00:30:

The US are often accused of being a policeman of the world and imperialism.

Posted by tiesto14 on Mar-03-2002 05:16:

quote:
Originally posted by vmc
The US are often accused of being a policeman of the world and imperialism.

yes we are....cus if we dont we will have many nations trying many STUPID things to all nations ...and since we are the SUPER power we have the upper hand to enforce

Posted by vmc on Mar-04-2002 11:24:

I hate terrorists and I know what you mean. But the point is that the US are expanding their culture and that's the thing that annoyes lots of people. The McDonaldisation of the society, culture - you know what I mean (I don't know the proper English term). ALso there are stereotipes of Americans being egoistic and mind-closed people, who thinks the only good culture is their own and never learn foreign languages.

That's not exactly my opinion, you know, but I'm posting what some people think about Americans. You're from the US so you know them better than me so give some feedback about these opinions.

Peace

Posted by Lytchix on Mar-04-2002 11:26:

Arg! Look at the results... Only one TA have a positive opinion about USA!

Posted by dig2k on Mar-05-2002 22:11:

unfortunately, like the majority of ppl so far, its negative ;( Of course its not all bad & every country has its negative points

Posted by DJ Teknique on Mar-06-2002 18:47:

i find it possitive

Posted by zzleeper on Mar-09-2002 04:42:

Neg and Pos

quote:
Originally posted by vmc
I hate terrorists and I know what you mean. But the point is that the US are expanding their culture and that's the thing that annoyes lots of people. The McDonaldisation of the society, culture ....

I fully agree with you in this.

quote:
Originally posted by vmc The US are often accused of being a policeman of the world and imperialism.

Only accused?? They have bases in Cuba, Colombia, Peru soon, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece?, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Japan, SKorea, Taiwan, Filipinas?, and the list goes on... they ARE an empire.. lets admit that.. The bad thing is that they sometimes try to interfere with everybody (acting on its own interest)causing wars and bad sht..

The good part is that besides all the fckd up part of the society (like children with guns at school killing each other), the world has many good things thanks to america. But that should be used as an excuse for all the mess they cause.

Posted by litlitaly on Mar-09-2002 06:17:

I agree with zzleeper that the US has given us a lot of good things but some things they do annoy me.

The Kyoto treaty is a good case. Every country in the entire world agrees on reductions (this must have been almost impossible) in emmisions of harmfull substances... except the US who are too worried about their economy in the short term to risk tipping the balance and sending in to a slight recession.

Another thing is a tendancy to buy US without question. The music industry is a good case here. In England and I suspect much of Europe, US music is dominant, yet the US as a whole seems reluctant to accept our music.

One last thing. HOW COULD YOU MAKE US ENDURE GEORGE 'DUBYA' BUSH FOR FOUR YEARS????

Posted by tiesto14 on Mar-09-2002 09:21:

quote:
Originally posted by litlitaly

Another thing is a tendancy to buy US without question. The music industry is a good case here. In England and I suspect much of Europe, US music is dominant, yet the US as a whole seems reluctant to accept our music.

One last thing. HOW COULD YOU MAKE US ENDURE GEORGE 'DUBYA' BUSH FOR FOUR YEARS????

as far as the music goes didnt we welcome the Beatles with open arms and MADE them bigger then they where...also the Rolling Stones, U2, Bush, Garbage, and soooo many other groups...that statement u amde is not very true.

and George Bush is a GREAT president...why do you not like him?

Posted by flystyler on Mar-09-2002 12:31:

Well USA are making things worse for them. I want to see the world as a peacful place in my life time, and if this can be done great, and USA epect everyone to help, which is fair enough. But then when it comes to anything that will cost their country it is a different matter. Like the pollution laws that they would not agree to, and lets face it, they no nobody can challenge them. At the moment they make their own rules. And now with this huge import price there will be even more hatred built up for USA. I think it is great how the country has pulled together. But to be honest President bush is going the wrong way.

But all i want to see in my life time is World Peace, and if all the countries can pull together to do that then great. But at the moment USA is taking the piss, and nobody can do anything to stop them. But USA will not be the only super power for long. And when it happens we all should b very afraid. Chemical warfarr is become a real threat once again, and if USA attack the latest terrorist countries they may not get such an easy battle. Just my opinion

Posted by litlitaly on Mar-09-2002 16:39:

quote:
Originally posted by tiesto14

as far as the music goes didnt we welcome the Beatles with open arms and MADE them bigger then they where...also the Rolling Stones, U2, Bush, Garbage, and soooo many other groups...that statement u amde is not very true.

Sorry. I am making huge generalisations because the question is very open but generally it is very difficult for non-US artists to make an impact on the US market but very easy for US artists to make an impact on the international market. BUT as you have pointed out this is not always the case.

quote:

and George Bush is a GREAT president...why do you not like him?

Are you being sarcastic? This man is a puppet. It's like giving a child a Ferrari! When he came to power he had absolutely no idea about world hierarchy. I have to question the validity of any President that uses the catchphrase 'The other bloke claims to have invented the internet. Well how come all the names start with dubya, dubya, dubya.' Also he can't speak without an autocue. Personally I question the intelligence of this man.

Posted by vmc on Mar-09-2002 18:46:

Posted by tiesto14 on Mar-09-2002 19:13:

quote:
Originally posted by vmc

Buying trance is like buying a car
Don't buy American

tiesto14

NICE......u said it perfect...

to be honest if you ask ME..i feel that the best music ever to come out has come from non'American artists.....well atleast 90% of the best has......

and i dotn wanna debate about Bush....i can hadnle another debate right now...but i undrestand what your saying///and i respect that....

Posted by dig2k on Mar-10-2002 18:19:

quote:
and George Bush is a GREAT president...why do you not like him?

rofl!!! lmao!!! lol!!

bush is rubbish, i h8 him sooooooooooooo much

ne way wasnt the only reason he came 2 power becuz the election got shited up?

Posted by tiesto14 on Mar-10-2002 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by dig2k

rofl!!! lmao!!! lol!!

bush is rubbish, i h8 him sooooooooooooo much

ne way wasnt the only reason he came 2 power becuz the election got shited up?

u live in England so give it a rest.....

Posted by dig2k on Mar-12-2002 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by tiesto14

u live in England so give it a rest.....

....why?

Posted by Tak on Mar-16-2002 13:28:

G'day Cobbers
what can i say, there are so many good things that come out of america, yet they fuck up so much overseas.

and can you please stop taking over australia with your culture, the next aussie i hear with a american acent who hasn't even been there is going to get smacked in the face

Posted by wookieslut on Mar-23-2002 07:22:

its friggin awesome except if your a trance addict in which in blows.

Posted by REDHOT on Mar-25-2002 06:06:

it must be very positive in order for a lot of people to be moving over here

Posted by IronDragon on Mar-28-2002 05:17:

We're good in that we have a strong national identity. Meaning we are firm with our beliefs and actions. We're never ambiguous.
However, this is a double-edged sword because this often leads to jingoism and unilateralism.

Posted by drizzt81 on Mar-28-2002 06:11:

sorry, but after living in the US for about 5 years now, i really do not like it anymore. Yes, it may be partially due to WHERE I live (Worcester, MA, the sh1th0le of the world), but it is also for some political reasons.

I got to say that Bush seems to have little clue wtf he is doing! He seems to try everything possible to go head-on with about every other nation in the world, partially ruining some great opportunities.

well.. there are many -more or less small things- that i dislike about the US and I am sure that I will get the heck out of here, once I am done with college.

Which is something i like about the USA. They are relatively cutting edge when it comes to education and that is great.

I would like to apologize to everyone, who loves the USA for my negative view of it, but someone asked for my oppinion and you got it

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