NinjaDeathSlap said:
Toriver said:
NinjaDeathSlap said:
Still Life said:
Jonabob87 said:
If this has already been brought up, do forgive but this has been brought to my attention:
http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/4x/gg/w9bm/253758/794541220.jpg
Apparently there is a fair amount of Americans claiming that the Tsunami currently ravaging Japan can be seen as payback for an attack in WW2.
"getting a little more payback for peal harbour. they thought we forgot about that BS, didn't they?"
"Remember pearl harbour? Go tsunami go!"
Only two brief examples of a torrent of idiotic comments that seriously make one wonder where people get this crap from.
What are your thoughts, Escapists?
I think it's really funny how some on this forum are actually lumping these few total dickheads with an entire nation of culturally diverse people.
Two sides of the same coin.
I have met many Americans and am proud to call some my friends -- they are very humane and intelligent people.
I think some of us here need to remind themselves that there are assholes and saints everywhere.
This is true I guess. (I mean, you just have to look to Barack Obama to know that America isn't ALL bad) But seriously, I can think of no other country that could spawn people that are so stupid, ignorant and just plain shitty all rolled into one!
I can think of one. I can think of over 200. Remember:
There are assholes and saints everywhere.
The OP
claims that he's not trying to make America look bad in this thread, but I respectfully disagree. I DO think that's his purpose. And this just needs to freaking stop. We get it, the world hates America. But using a tragedy such as this to play up one's own negative opinions of America is not much better than the people you quote using the tragedy to play up their negative opinions of Japan. No matter where these assholes are from, the OP shouldn't have even created this thread and given such ideas attention. People post stuff like this to Facebook in order to be read publicly. By creating this thread, all it does is give more attention to such comments. If you don't want to see comments like those anymore, don't give them the time of day. In one sentence... seriously, can't we all just get along?
Refer to the second part of my comment for my counter to this...
Not everyone on America is like these people, there are American's I know who I am proud to call friends. But this is one of those "Only in America" moments. There are good and bad things about every country yes, but America certainly has an aptitude for this sort of behavior that I don't think I've seen anywhere else.
And I'm saying, when it comes to both honorable, proud things and stupid, ignorant things, there is no such thing as an "Only in America" moment, because any country can produce its own share of ignorant assholes. I'm sorry, I hate to break it to you, but the UK is not immune to this, nor is any other country. I've seen stupid comments from British (and Australian) members of this very forum talk about re-colonizing the States as some sort of "payback" notion. I know as well that not every British or Australian person is like that, but I also wouldn't get the notion that such ideas were "Only in the UK". That's what I'm upset about.