Do europeans dislike americans?

[Warforger]

As an American, I'd have to say the whole "Let's fight a war," mentality of our last president, our hesitancy in adopting gay marriage and left-leaning views and the whole global-economic-collapse-thing. But I don't think that's all europeans for all americans.

Pfffft alot of European nations joined in on our wars anyway.

Well, on the matter of America.....


I just bloody hell hate FoxNews and the people that believe it to be something different then a big joke!

Agreed, such stupidity, I mean I remember Glenn Beck talking down Net Neutrality not knowing what it actually is and thought it meant they they censor the internet rather then make it free.

i have my own reasons why i dislike america (disclamier - this is my honest personal opinion)

We can all agree that 9/11 was a terrible tradigy, but america must of known somthing like this was going to happen sooner or later. Terrorist attacks are what happen's when your cultural infulence is strong and provoking to other countries (im sure their are many people in countries around the world who would think americans are terrorists and a evil to the world). I do not share this opinion but it seems a possible one.

Who says the government didn't expect a terrorist attack? Its just the WTC as a target was REALLY far fetched, hell when the second tower was being evacuted by itself the government told them to get back in to reduce panic as they couldn't imagine the same thing to happen AGAIN on the SAME DAY. Let's say that someone is going to bomb big Ben then parliament a few hours after, is that believable?

...and with 9/11 comes war. Us brits did not have a pure concrete reason to go to war (america might of had but we didn't) and unlike america who have been in many pointless wars (vietnam, japan ect)

hahahahahaha you've been in MANY more wars with dumber reasons then America has ever since 1776 when America was formed, hell you had another war going on DURING the American Revolution, countless territory wars sprinkled all over the 19th century, WWI, and the Falklands war.

we only go to war as a final resort when all possible options have depleted and as a country, have no choice. It was the first time we ever got dragged into a war because of america (and Tony blair for that matter) and its the reason that many of our brilliant soliders (even as we speak) are getting blown to pieces. So far five hundred british soilders have died in afganistan because of a pointless war that america started.


well that's my two cents (or two pence)

Not as you speak. 500 dead British soldiers? 9 years of war? If one British soldier died per day you'd run out quickly, like two years. Its really overrated how dangerous it is over there IMO, take the US casualties for example, 5000 in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, yet 6,000 people die per day in the US alone so 365 * 9 * 6000 ignoring the population comparison would probably equate to America being more dangerous to live in.

 

[orc1231515]

oh and the death camps in korea and vietnam weren't there untill after the americans arived so that argument doesn't realy stick. could be wrong though.

Was referring to Nazi Germany. They were the main supplier of death camps in the Second World War.

like I said, he's talking about wars after WO2, since he's talking about wars that America started. and if memory serves thay started about five since then.

 

[orc1231515]

ignoring the population comparison would probably equate to America being more dangerous to live in.

so 19710000 death in the usa. if we take in the population comparison of 500000000 to around 50000. so if we devide the deaths by 10000 we get a realative death count of just 1971. ingoring the population invalidates you argument. the fact reamains that 5000 of 50000 means 10% percent got killed in what was suposed to be a quick clean liberation and turned out to be about oil.

 

[orc1231515]

Anyway I thought hating on America went out of fashion a couple of years ago.

quite the opposite, bush helped make it our favorite pass time. but seriously the last few years haven't been good for America's reputation. allthough hate may be overstating it a bit. and i'm sad to say that the only one I know who doesn't at least dislike America is american herself.

 

[moose_man]

theyre fat ugly and stupid, for the most part anyway. here are some living americans I approve of:
Obama
Clinton
Chris Slate
Frank West

Frank west, ether your not serious or your an idiot. And if your an idiot then which Clinton do you mean?

And I think that every country has people how hate another country in particular or in general. Not all middle eastern peoples hate westerners. Not all American Southerners hate blacks. Say everyone in a racial, ethical, or national group are all one way. Not even North Korea (where do you think all there slave labor camps get people to work there).

as I mentioned, I was kidding.

 

[Earthbound]

ignoring the population comparison would probably equate to America being more dangerous to live in.

so 19710000 death in the usa. if we take in the population comparison of 500000000 to around 50000. so if we devide the deaths by 10000 we get a realative death count of just 1971. ingoring the population invalidates you argument. the fact reamains that 5000 of 50000 means 10% percent got killed in what was suposed to be a quick clean liberation and turned out to be about oil.

That was the single most nonsensical post that I have ever seen. Where did you get 500 million people? Where did you get 19.7 million? What point are you trying to argue? America is a dangerous place to live? British people die less? Please clarify this.

 

[Crimsonsniper]

Why do Americans assume Europeans don't like Americans? You're media, and you're prejudices against Europeans. Why do the French not like Americans? Because they didn't want to go to Iraq. Why do Canadians not like Americans? Because we didn't go too Iraq OR Vietnam. We even harboured American terrorists who were against the war in Vietnam, which means we are in fact working with the North Vietnamese, and therefore working for the USSR, just like Cuba, and therefore harboured the terrorists who launched the September 11 attacks.

Why do you insist in spreading your bigotry to every forum possible. I swear to god, you pop into each one of these things trying to cause a flame war, I'm not sure if it's because your an ignorant hypocrite or just a troll anymore.

 

[Lonan]

Why do Americans assume Europeans don't like Americans? You're media, and you're prejudices against Europeans. Why do the French not like Americans? Because they didn't want to go to Iraq. Why do Canadians not like Americans? Because we didn't go too Iraq OR Vietnam. We even harboured American terrorists who were against the war in Vietnam, which means we are in fact working with the North Vietnamese, and therefore working for the USSR, just like Cuba, and therefore harboured the terrorists who launched the September 11 attacks.

Why do you insist in spreading your bigotry to every forum possible. I swear to god, you pop into each one of these things trying to cause a flame war, I'm not sure if it's because your an ignorant hypocrite or just a troll anymore.

The arbitrary designation of Europeans disliking Americans is far more in flame war territory then calling the person out on his ridiculous assumptions about Europeans. People aren't very different from each other. It's absurd to say the Europeans dislike Americans. Where could such assumptions come from? The media. This is an American asking, so it must be American media.

 

[orc1231515]

ignoring the population comparison would probably equate to America being more dangerous to live in.

so 19710000 death in the usa. if we take in the population comparison of 500000000 to around 50000. so if we devide the deaths by 10000 we get a realative death count of just 1971. ingoring the population invalidates you argument. the fact reamains that 5000 of 50000 means 10% percent got killed in what was suposed to be a quick clean liberation and turned out to be about oil.

That was the single most nonsensical post that I have ever seen. Where did you get 500 million people? Where did you get 19.7 million? What point are you trying to argue? America is a dangerous place to live? British people die less? Please clarify this.

if you had read the post I quoted from you'd know. he's say's that America is more dangerous then the war in iraq. because 6000 people die a day, which leads to 19.7 million in 9 years. the 500 million people represent the total population of america. and the 50000 represent the number of american soldiers in iraq. the 5000 represents the total number of american casualties according to him. other than that the post is simply math. oh and it has nothing to do with the british, just trying to tell him that you can't take the population difference out of the equation