There are assholes in every nations, its just that the U.S gets most of the attention since we're a global superpower and have lots of influence.PayJ567 said:
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to be fair, we americans hate the french as well...Aby_Z said:
EDIT: forgot to reply to the main point. People don't like us. That is all. No, it's actually because the rest of the world sees the stupidest actions made by the US, and so they think we're all like that :/
I wish Bush had gotten assassinated or something...
In common parlance, America refers to the United States, Americas refers to the two continents and associated islands and the continents are refered to individually (in english) as North America and South America.garlicncow said:
Americans specifically refers to people from the United States just as Canadians refers to peole in Canada or Mexico's denizens are called Mexicans. Had the post been "I hate North Americans" or rather "I hate the people of the Americas" your point would have some merit. It should be noted that this varies from country to country. Portual for example refers to citizens of the United States as (translated) North Americans.garlicncow said:
Starting a war without internation consent or even without the presence of a definitive clear and present danger will certainly do the trick. Tanking the world's economy doesn't help. Having a wildly unpopular president is pretty bad as well.garlicncow said:
Russia is an energy superpower, true, but they definately don't have the overall power of China.PayJ567 said:
(Or at least not the huge economic growth)
Sorry mate(hehe) I live in America don't expect enlightened converstaion about other countiers here either or about other Americans in fact were pretty hateful over here. But mostly its just those nationlist kids. Also WEST COAST B*TCH!CrashBang said:
Oh and for me the only other countrys I've been to is mexico so I usally keep out of forgien converstaions.
There are idiots everywhere. It's just that the idiots in the US happen to be louder than the rest.
Also, you have to figure the SIZE of the US in comparison to other countries, too. The US is about equal in size to:
1/3 of Africa
1/2 of South America
2.5 times Western Europe
China (though only about 1/3 of the population)
So, you've got to figure in that by size alone, there are a lot MORE idiots in the US than there are in other countries.
Also, you have to figure the SIZE of the US in comparison to other countries, too. The US is about equal in size to:
1/3 of Africa
1/2 of South America
2.5 times Western Europe
China (though only about 1/3 of the population)
So, you've got to figure in that by size alone, there are a lot MORE idiots in the US than there are in other countries.
I swear that Roosevelt really screwed us up when he determined that that we had to be the "world's police." We don't need to get involved in other countries. Let them do whatever they want, and let the UN sort it out if there are any moral issues.PayJ567 said:
United States citizens have been known as Americans. Yes not politically correct, but it is slang. I believe political correctness is a waste of time unless the intent behind the usage is malevolent or perceived as such. Honestly better things to worry about than silly labels.
I'll give you China, last I heard they're in a financial position to make the US dollar all but worthless if they became committed to flooding our currency out into the world market. They are such a critical factor in our economy these days, you could almost call them a "majority shareholder." Which is downright spooky.PayJ567 said:
But Russia? Seriously? Well...okay, perhaps...but nowhere near the power they wielded when they formed the USSR.
There's a reason why some predict that the 21st century will be the Asian century...PayJ567 said:
