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YEah I am speaking about countries that the US hasn;t gone in and bombed the shit out of .. Everyone knows what Canada does in it's humanitarian casues. And why does the UN say that Canada is the best counrty in the world to LIve in and in fact many people desire to go to Canada too...But this isn;t about Canada ...you wanna start picking on Canada go ahead.
YEah I am speaking about countries that the US hasn;t gone in and bombed the shit out of .. Everyone knows what Canada does in it's humanitarian casues. And why does the UN say that Canada is the best counrty in the world to LIve in and in fact many people desire to go to Canada too...But this isn;t about Canada ...you wanna start picking on Canada go ahead.
And helping countries that are at war that the US help create the first place? The world is supppose to pay for Iraq when it when in and started a war that the majority of the world didn;t want.
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u YEah I am speaking about countries that the US hasn;t gone in and bombed the shit out of .. Everyone knows what Canada does in it's humanitarian casues. And why does the UN say that Canada is the best counrty in the world to LIve in and in fact many people desire to go to Canada too...But this isn;t about Canada ...you wanna start picking on Canada go ahead. |
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u You know I Did some thinking and I didi get a little out of hand ...but you arguements still aren't very convincing. The fact is you you should be setting a better example on the world stage and you are not.. And you haven;t been for quite sometime and that there is trend here and it's deeply rooted in your society.And a major part of the world has a problem with the way you conduct business. You think America has to protect the world and through war! When will people change>?? never prolly and I fear that is going to be the end of us. You not everyone in the world wants what america wants. And as far as gettting kicked off ..it'll do me some good...my g/f woke up to the sound of tying at 4 am this morning and freaked on me haha |
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And yes Occridder I know most of those scandals but they don;t happen in the frequency they do in America. |
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Also you would walk around indonesia and the middle east with an american flag on your backpac?? Go ahead and try it.....I highly doubt you would....Ever been there??????? Please Occrider?? I also wanna know?? How much travelling have you done? ?How much real life experience have you had besides the piles of information and quotes here and quotes there and you should look at this......????? Like I said there is always a source for an argument and you said it yourself. Most people liek to sit back and just say things without experiencing things first hand and really only have knowledge from the media. |
(and I cannot help but take smug satisfaction in you mentioning indonesia) ... but since you insist, I shall indulge you with my life story:
. Somebody please give me a cookie now to feed my vast and fully justified ego.
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| Originally posted by occrider Somebody please give me a cookie now to feed my vast and fully justified ego. |

I'll cook you a real Polish meal instead.
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| Next year will be the first year that I've spent more time in my life in the United States than I have outside of it. Therefore, according to your standards of intelligence, I guess I've become too advanced for my physical form and have evolved into pure energy . Somebody please give me a cookie now to feed my vast and fully justified ego. |
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u . I never said called you stupid....but you an arrogant in the way you speak and how you speak your issues. becasue the fact is alot of people don't like america for good reason.I could keep coming back with valid arguements like how each of those companies defrauded customers of billions of dollars..well bre-ex didn't but that isn't the point here becasue it was still corporate greed right. And besided I got a littl eheated in some of the stuff I said in here which was wrong of me becasue I don;t go around telling americans that they are messed up. I have alot of american friends too actually. But they say there are some deep rooted problems in their country which I'm sure you'll agree. The reason why I posted in this forum is becasue I can vent myself and that maybe some americans will star to realize that alot of people have problems with the America. This however is not putting up a good image as a canadian. |
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I never said called you stupid |
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I will say one more thing that if you haven;t travelled and experienced first hand what the world truly is like outside your safe daily lives in the western world then you need to do so becasue it will change forever how you think about this world. My views on this world are immensely different than they were 2 years ago..before I travelled and saw first hand what is really going on in the world and how most people think besides america . . . And yes Occridder I know most of those scandals but they don;t happen in the frequency they do in America. Also you would walk around indonesia and the middle east with an american flag on your backpac?? Go ahead and try it.....I highly doubt you would....Ever been there??????? . . . Please Occrider?? I also wanna know?? How much travelling have you done? ?How much real life experience have you had besides the piles of information and quotes here and quotes there and you should look at this......????? Like I said there is always a source for an argument and you said it yourself. Most people liek to sit back and just say things without experiencing things first hand and really only have knowledge from the media. . . . Yeah yeah keep it coming ... a country or two???? ahhahah quite a few more than that!!! Your time is coming america! . . . And I have access to new all over the world . I read media all over the world actually.....not just the ones that are owned by a few elite.....and Actually I don;t think I am powerful...it's america that thinks it is and should be the world police force "Sugar!" By the way it's 48 countries I have been too on 6 continents |
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but you an arrogant in the way you speak and how you speak your issues. |
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americans never listen to anyone except themselves ... I pride msyelf on being a Canadian ... America sucks and most of them have their heads up their asses ...Your time will come America! ... never have I been more proud to be a Canadian. I have met more asshole americans than anyone...something has to change down there... Why can't you just admist your country sucks! It's a breading ground for assholes ... I know it's natural to defend your country but admist you have a lot of problems that have to be changed. It's not just the governent either. It's tha attitude of the people. There is a reason there are sweeping generalizations because the it's the way the majority of you act. That is a problem ... The US prompotes corporate greed! ... ....I'd be scared to reduce the size of my military becasue goodness knows how many countries in the world wanna piece of you ... I'm proud that we have that sense of understanding in Canada. There is a reason why Canada is not is not picked on ... Our goverment is doing alot better than yours! . . . Actually canada lets in the most foriegn immigrants per capita in the world and if You don;t know what Canada does for foriegn aid and peace keeping well then you don;t know anything . . . Everyone knows what Canada does in it's humanitarian casues. And why does the UN say that Canada is the best counrty in the world to LIve in <occrider: check that UN development report you arrogant bastard! It's NORWAY!> and in fact many people desire to go to Canada too...But this isn;t about Canada <occrider: that's news to me> ...you wanna start picking on Canada go ahead.<occrider: I would never be so PRESUMPTUOUS to do so in the first place! > |
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I could keep coming back with valid arguements like how each of those companies defrauded customers of billions of dollars..well bre-ex didn't but that isn't the point here becasue it was still corporate greed right. |
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And besided I got a littl eheated in some of the stuff I said in here which was wrong of me becasue I don;t go around telling americans that they are messed up. I have alot of american friends too actually. But they say there are some deep rooted problems in their country which I'm sure you'll agree. |
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The reason why I posted in this forum is becasue I can vent myself and that maybe some americans will star to realize that alot of people have problems with the America. |
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This however is not putting up a good image as a canadian. |
. I put a lot of time into it.
It's hard to see how this could be anything but a troll topic.
Vague claims that America is "bad" backed up by little or no facts other than obscure references to one's personal experiences isn't a very good starting point for a political discussion.
If you have specific greivances backed up by empirical evidence, then perhaps a discourse on the matter would be possible. There are plenty of things I think are wrong with America. However, broad claims such as "most Americans have their heads up their asses", (be that as it may) offers little insight into the nature of the problem at hand, how it might be solved, etc...
To those interested in truth rather than merely in rhetoric, I can't see what this topic has to offer.
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| Originally posted by anuneventrade You highly amuse me. You say you teach, and yet you make these moronic claims that make no one do anything else other than laugh. |
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| Originally posted by Izzy i take pity on the students that 2hardcore4u is teaching if they are exposed to the same level of thought he expresses here. |
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| Originally posted by Arbiter Regrettably it wouldn't surprise me. I was forced to take an introductory course in Sociology to fulfill a requirement at one point, and in order to pass the class you essentially had to pretend to be a devout Marxist... |
oh, the humanity! 
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| Originally posted by Arbiter Regrettably it wouldn't surprise me. I was forced to take an introductory course in Sociology to fulfill a requirement at one point, and in order to pass the class you essentially had to pretend to be a devout Marxist... |
. Was it at least taught with intelligence?
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| Originally posted by occrider Was it at least taught with intelligence? |
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| Originally posted by Arbiter It's hard to see how this could be anything but a troll topic. Vague claims that America is "bad" backed up by little or no facts other than obscure references to one's personal experiences isn't a very good starting point for a political discussion. If you have specific greivances backed up by empirical evidence, then perhaps a discourse on the matter would be possible. There are plenty of things I think are wrong with America. However, broad claims such as "most Americans have their heads up their asses", (be that as it may) offers little insight into the nature of the problem at hand, how it might be solved, etc... To those interested in truth rather than merely in rhetoric, I can't see what this topic has to offer. |
I don't hate USA, actually i think it's a great country so don't get me wrong. But there is A LOT of downsides in US that i hate and in a way i can agree with 2hardcore4u. Seriously there cannot be any other rich country in this world that care so little about their poor population and there is no other well developed country in this world where companies has such great power, nor do i know any western country in this world that is so much controlled by money.
I do also think that there is hard to find any other country where its people know so little about the rest of the world and its history. Guess to many americans shouldn't even be able to point out where in the world iraq is. I also guess that too few americans has ever been outside the USA, which also contribute to the people's stupidness when it comes to world politics / ignorance of other people.
One more thing that annoy me (amongst many other people) is that you don't seem to see a solution to problems without using violence, all you wars, death penalty etc.
You can't blame the people for all this though. IMO there is something basically wrong with the political / school system in the USA.
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| Furthermore, simply because American corporate scandals are overly publisized in the western media, don't let that paint you an inaccurate picture of world affairs |
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| Sigh ... instead of paying attention to the frequency or prominence that each scandal is given by the media, why don't you look at the actual AMOUNT of money that is defrauded to consumers or the damage rendered upon that particular market. Each is in the BILLIONS. |
QUOTE]You can't blame the people for all this though. IMO there is something basically wrong with the political / school system in the USA.[/QUOTE]
Thats is what I say from the start...that there is something wrong with the school and political system such as these quotes:
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| Don;t get me wrong I have met some cool americans ....but I have met more asshole americans than anyone...something has to change down there...ther way people are taught to think |
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| But they control the world with their corporate greed. 10 % of the people in America own 90% of the wealth....90% of the people own 10% of the wealth how is that free..the richer ger richer...it's so messed up it's unbelievable. |
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| There are some deeply rooted problems in your society |
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u yes I know all about that too.....but you see Russia does something about it's corrupt oil companies> Unlike america keeps them around so they help politicans win elections |
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u yes I know these replies are scttered but I have 10 min breaks inbetween teaching classes |
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u You are right ....this is a troll topic and it was meant to be one |
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| Originally posted by 2hardcore4u OK this one is still bothering me. I'd like to know how you think that there isn't a problem here. I mean if a certain city has a really low murder rate and another city has a high murder rate wouldn't you think there is some sort of rooted problems in that city??? I mean ofcoarse frequency has something to do with it? If one or two people or doing something then it our of the oridnary but when many corporations are screwing people over then I tend to think there is a a bigger problem??? |
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Do you see all over the news every few months of another company being investigated for corruption? Or companies like Enron Etc....No because goverments in ohter countries do not infact let companies run amokquite like they do in the US. |
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| Originally posted by St_Andrew I do also think that there is hard to find any other country where its people know so little about the rest of the world and its history. Guess to many americans shouldn't even be able to point out where in the world iraq is. I also guess that too few americans has ever been outside the USA, which also contribute to the people's stupidness when it comes to world politics / ignorance of other people. |
To be honest though in my high school's foreign language program we were often offered the chance to take trips to other countries and experience the languages first hand. The only limiting factor in those cases was of course money.
I'm not the only one who shares this view apparently, because if you've ever been to a US or Canadian national park, you are often in the minority as a predominately English speaking person.
Alright Im going to do this in as simple a way as possible. I think their are two divisions of issues I contest when it comes to America: Foreign policies and Domestic issues. To make this easier Im just goign to list policies or events, and not go into great detail. If anyone wants clarification of the issues, or to debate them we can get more into detail after.
Foreign policy:
Nicaragua - Contra War
Chile - Pinochets coup
Vietnam - invasion
Cuba - Invasion/embargo
Panama - Noreaga government
Iraq - Invasion/embargo/invasion
Rwanda - inaction/blocking action (?)
Israel - funding
Afghanistan - invasion
Columbia - funding
Domestic issues
Justice system - level of incarceration (especially of minorities)
Patriot act - taking away of fundamental civil rights
Taxation policy - low corporate and high bracket taxes
allowing people the "right to bear arms"
huge growing gap between rich and poor
Illegal ellection of George Bush
Low voter turnout
lack of medicare
problems with the school systems
huge consumption which is potentially destroying the world
lack of controls on how U.S. companies can behave in other countries
large religious influence on government policy (eg not teaching evolution in a couple of states, only teaching abstinence in Texas)
Low minimum wage
Lack of government legislation protecing workers rights
Overfunding of the military, while other departments suffer
I could keep going but I think thats enough for now and I have some reading to do before class.
Ummm ok this thread is getting out of hand. I'm starting to get the sense of a childish "here's why I'm better than you ... " mentality. What is this, a list of grievances over the course of US history? In that case I have problems with the British colony of Canada attacking Washington DC. Also, I'm very upset that Canada did nothing to intervene in Rwanda as well
. Or how they didn't base 20 or 30 divisions of troops in West Germany for several decades to thwart Soviet aggression into Europe. So if you would like to intelligentely discuss an issue (and each one of these issues can warrant healthy discussion/debate) then bring up a specific issue in an individual thread rather than giving us a list of why you hate america. So unless you want me to delve into each topic in one massive post...
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| Originally posted by occrider Ummm ok this thread is getting out of hand. I'm starting to get the sense of a childish "here's why I'm better than you ... " mentality. What is this, a list of grievances over the course of US history? In that case I have problems with the British colony of Canada attacking Washington DC. Also, I'm very upset that Canada did nothing to intervene in Rwanda as well . Or how they didn't base 20 or 30 divisions of troops in West Germany for several decades to thwart Soviet aggression into Europe. So if you would like to intelligentely discuss an issue (and each one of these issues can warrant healthy discussion/debate) then bring up a specific issue in an individual thread rather than giving us a list of why you hate america. So unless you want me to delve into each topic in one massive post... |
well the united states is a big country, a third of the world economy blablabla.. so whatever they do it affects the world alot. they'v done alot of cool and really good shit and they'v done some major stupid things and some shit...
in plain english: they are just like any other country
with the exception of being BIG, so that it affects more of the world around it. whats the damn point of making a thread like this? shit.. can't we all just be friends? people like the guy who started this thread should be dumped into outer space 
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