I am not unhappy with USA, I have the feeling that some things are done the wrong way, and it would be better if they were done the right way.
If you only want in your country people who agree with everything that your country does, then I'm not sure that is the best way to improve your country. If nobody criticize what's wrong with this country they won't be corrected and YOU AND ME will continue to pay the price for these errors.
Believe me, I've been living in Europe for 22 years, and now I live in Seattle(since one year).
Your country is in noy way more 'free' than western europe countries.
Actually I happen to like having my girlfriend give me a bl**j*b, but hey, I could go to jail in some states for that.
Europe usually doesn't kill innocent people through death penalty, simply because there's no death penalty, and our crime rate is lower than in USA.
If I am a member of the French communist party I have no problem going to Germany or Sweden, however I could be barred from entry in USA for the simple reason that I am a communist party member, say "free speech".
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USA is not better or worse than Europe, there are good things and bad things here and in Europe.
Thing is, europeans usually don't think that their countries have a right to bully other countries for their own profit, at least not to the extent of USA, which give the following result: much less hatred towards Europe than towards USA in the world.
USA is by FAR a bad example of democracy and bad behaviour when it is dealing with other countries, the only thing USA knows is bullying other countries to serve its own interests.
I've been living in Seattle for one year now, before that I lived in Switzerland(I am a swiss citizen). Back there I had the french media, the swiss media, the german media and the american media through CNN and the internet.
Switzerland is what I would call an example of democracy, nothing like Sudan or China. People have a potential say on everyhing that happen, they can force referendums on subjects they feel are not handled correctly by the legislators, no need to wait for the elections to replace your governor.
The image I got of USA's behaviour through these medias and through my own inside view of the country is:
- USA think the world owes it everything, they think that they saved the world from everything, that they've never done anything wrong and that people who criticize the US are either fools or dictators.
- USA's view of the United Nations is distateful: they agree to it only because they can use it to achieve their dominance, they don't see it as an instrument of equality between all people on this planet and of peace, which is its main goal.
As for USA helping the world:
- Yes, they helped save the world during WW2, everybody agrees on that
BUT
- They helped: Pinochet, Iran's Shah, almost all dictators in South/Central America, Israel and its settlements(Geneva conventions and UN resolutions violator since 30 years), Saddam Hussein, the Talibans,...
- They try to have the Al-Jazeera TV station shut down because they show the Taliban opinion AS WELL as the USA opinion, looks like USA don't want free speech for their opponents.
- They know that the embargo on Irak is killing only civilians and Saddam has no problem doing whatever he wants, but they continue to apply it without changes, seems to me they don't really care about eliminating Saddam given the lack of action. It has probably more to do with oil business.
- They support the Saudi government which is far from being an example of democracy.
- Mr Bush refuses to talk to Mr. Arafat because we doesn't do enough to restrain terrorists, at the same time he has no problem talking with Mr. Sharon, who has been found indirectly responsible by a comission in his OWN country of the massacre of Sabra and Chatila in Lebanon, more than 2000 children and women killed.
Open your eyes, listen to people outside your country and their feelings, act in an equal way with other countries, otherwise believe me, the 9-11 events, as horrible as they are, will be overshadowed by other terrorist attacks. There is so much hate towards USA's behavior outside USA that I'm sure some extremists out there are preparing the next wave.
There is two ways to fight terrorists:
- Kill them all, this is impossible to achieve, when you kill one, you create to other terrorists
- Eliminate the reason for terrorism: poverty, lack of education and injustice. This is much more easy to do obviously.
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I am not unhappy with USA, I have the feeling that some things are done the wrong way, and it would be better if they were done the right way.
If you only want in your country people who agree with everything that your country does, then I'm not sure that is the best way to improve your country. If nobody criticize what's wrong with this country they won't be corrected and YOU AND ME will continue to pay the price for these errors.
Believe me, I've been living in Europe for 22 years, and now I live in Seattle(since one year).
Your country is in noy way more 'free' than western europe countries.
Actually I happen to like having my girlfriend give me a bl**j*b, but hey, I could go to jail in some states for that.
Europe usually doesn't kill innocent people through death penalty, simply because there's no death penalty, and our crime rate is lower than in USA.
If I am a member of the French communist party I have no problem going to Germany or Sweden, however I could be barred from entry in USA for the simple reason that I am a communist party member, say "free speech".
...
USA is not better or worse than Europe, there are good things and bad things here and in Europe.
Thing is, europeans usually don't think that their countries have a right to bully other countries for their own profit, at least not to the extent of USA, which give the following result: much less hatred towards Europe than towards USA in the world.
USA is by FAR a bad example of democracy and bad behaviour when it is dealing with other countries, the only thing USA knows is bullying other countries to serve its own interests.
I've been living in Seattle for one year now, before that I lived in Switzerland(I am a swiss citizen). Back there I had the french media, the swiss media, the german media and the american media through CNN and the internet.
Switzerland is what I would call an example of democracy, nothing like Sudan or China. People have a potential say on everyhing that happen, they can force referendums on subjects they feel are not handled correctly by the legislators, no need to wait for the elections to replace your governor.
The image I got of USA's behaviour through these medias and through my own inside view of the country is:
- USA think the world owes it everything, they think that they saved the world from everything, that they've never done anything wrong and that people who criticize the US are either fools or dictators.
- USA's view of the United Nations is distateful: they agree to it only because they can use it to achieve their dominance, they don't see it as an instrument of equality between all people on this planet and of peace, which is its main goal.
As for USA helping the world:
- Yes, they helped save the world during WW2, everybody agrees on that
BUT
- They helped: Pinochet, Iran's Shah, almost all dictators in South/Central America, Israel and its settlements(Geneva conventions and UN resolutions violator since 30 years), Saddam Hussein, the Talibans,...
- They try to have the Al-Jazeera TV station shut down because they show the Taliban opinion AS WELL as the USA opinion, looks like USA don't want free speech for their opponents.
- They know that the embargo on Irak is killing only civilians and Saddam has no problem doing whatever he wants, but they continue to apply it without changes, seems to me they don't really care about eliminating Saddam given the lack of action. It has probably more to do with oil business.
- They support the Saudi government which is far from being an example of democracy.
- Mr Bush refuses to talk to Mr. Arafat because we doesn't do enough to restrain terrorists, at the same time he has no problem talking with Mr. Sharon, who has been found indirectly responsible by a comission in his OWN country of the massacre of Sabra and Chatila in Lebanon, more than 2000 children and women killed.
Open your eyes, listen to people outside your country and their feelings, act in an equal way with other countries, otherwise believe me, the 9-11 events, as horrible as they are, will be overshadowed by other terrorist attacks. There is so much hate towards USA's behavior outside USA that I'm sure some extremists out there are preparing the next wave.
There is two ways to fight terrorists:
- Kill them all, this is impossible to achieve, when you kill one, you create to other terrorists
- Eliminate the reason for terrorism: poverty, lack of education and injustice. This is much more easy to do obviously.