At 7/12/05 06:08 PM, _carnie_ wrote:
:A lot of it has to do with pure envy
no,sorry,really that's overestimating yourselves
:And, if the US is so bad, why is it that everybody emmigrates to the US...
good marketing, holliwood sold the US to my family, and to many others
:why is everything that is 'cool' nowdays completely American?From your slang, the music you listen to to the clothes you wear
is it? Why do you think that english is now the international language of business? Because of the Irish? No... it's because of the US.
agreed
:We are the country that, no matter how much you don't like it, every civilized country models themselves after.
economicly speaking,it had a backlash on culture but initialy it was just economic
:Sure, you'll say that you keep a lot of your own culture, and you eat this food and that food, but you're only kidding yourself. America has a culture that is uniquely American.
sure you the point of people who don't like it is that it's not a good one
:The "culture of a fly"? America is a cultural waldorf salad, we have everything over here... you want kosher food? You can get it. You want french, italian, german, morrocan, swiss, thai, japanese, chinese cuisine? You can get it.
yeah that's french, italian, german, morrocan, swiss, thai, japanese, chinese culture, not american
:You want to worship your non-christian faith, you can do it, with no reprucussion.
not the only country in the world where you can (and really before i left in 2002, there was a real anti-islamic sentiment in my town)
:You want to trashtalk the government and burn the very same flag that gives you the freedom to do so? You can do it.
now, first, not the only country, second a flag doesn't do anything, and the US doesn't "give freedom" freedom is given by nature, the US " lets you do so"
We are a truly free people over here and face it, you're jealous.
though i know it's not adressed to me i'll still say that i'm not
Our country has everything that other countries want. Nobody ever said we were perfect, but it's a damned sight better than a lot of other places we could mention.
oh no you don't , but sure you have a lot of things it's a good country but it would be even better if you guys weren't pretentious, which isn't your fault, it's just the way you're raised