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It's because we have big black Wee wees. behold our mighty man sausage and despair!

Haggis.

BloodDrop101X wrote:Why America is so hated is probably because of south park, well this is one among other things but probably mainly south park don't get me wrong here I love south park but the way they make fun of people like muhamad or however you spell that name and other things that show is probably going to get us bombed....

Nah. The rest of the world (well, Europe. Barring Germany) has a pretty good sense of humour. I love South Park me.

Of all the things America may or may not have done to piss people off, South Park is pretty low on the list

Only been once, but I love America. I will happily wear one of those I 'heart' America t-shirts if you think it will help?

Mr Mystery wrote:Of all the things America may or may not have done to piss people off, South Park is pretty low on the list

Although other TV based output does cause rage - the film "U571" for example *shakes fist*.

U-571 MAKES ME SMASH!

Mr Mystery wrote:U-571 MAKES ME SMASH!

Is that because of the misappropriation of British derring do or simply due to it starring Matthew McConaughey?

The former.

The latter enrages me due his chiselled physique. The git.

Nothing is sacred to South Park, that is what is so wonderful about it. It makes more fun of percieved "american" things that anything else.

I kinda like America, myself. I always saw it as charmingly crazy.

I laff everytime, I see some ill-informed, self-loathing, pre-pubescent, internet nimrod troll say things like...

"I can stand living in America..." or "I wish I could move out of America!" or "This is why the world hates us!"

Come one Bevis! You couldn't move out of your parents basement if you had a thousand bucks and a flat bed truck!

I spent 8 years in the Army Signal Corp, squatting in hell-holes like Iraq and the DMZ of Korea, so you could hate how good you have it.

You don't know anything... you say America is "so hated" ... A good friend of mine Tariq Malik an engineer in Saudia Arabia (orignally from Pakistan) said to me, when I asked him while deep in my own naievette'...

"Why do so many Muslims have such anger for America?"

He said to me...

"Muslims say they hate America, but if America said that all the Muslims were welcome to come to America, right now, all that would be left in the streets would be Dogs and old men."

And it is true, America is great, as good or better than anywhere and everywhere else.

As I was saying, charmingly crazy. Not quite as out-and-out loony as us Brits, but wonderfully entertaining.
Real friendly too, if my dad's trip to the States was anything to go by.

BloodDrop101X wrote:Why America is so hated is probably because of south park, well this is one among other things but probably mainly south park don't get me wrong here I love south park but the way they make fun of people like muhamad or however you spell that name and other things that show is probably going to get us bombed....

Im pretty sure a statement like that is what pisses terrorists off.

Connor McKane wrote:
America is great, as good or better than anywhere and everywhere else.

America... good? yeah i suppose.. > than anywhere, oh i disagree.

Me? i dislike for what America did in past events, but i can't say anything since my ancestors almost wiped out an entire race (aboriginals). I also dislike their presidents (past/recent) and what they have done. Yet im sure if i met individuals in America (not that i would go there, nothing interesting imo) they would be nice people (to an extent). Your accent enrages me, American English enrages me (ad-vertis-ment not ad-vert-ise-ment etc. etc.). How they back stabbed Ho Chi Minh enrages me. For some unknown reason we help... or try to assist American in their fights, that enrages me (but that's our fault!). The way your culture is so heavily influencing Australia enrages me (again, 50-50 on the blame side).

I have more but i don't think it matters, i could go on to how i dislike Australia, or India etc.


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Oh and the majority of American computer games (e.g. call of duty, medal of honour)

KingCracker wrote:Im pretty sure a statement like that is what pisses terrorists off.

Due to the alphabet and scripts used in Arabic and English (or indeed any non-Arabic language), there are actually quite a few ways of spelling it. Same with the spelling of their holy book and indeed pretty much anything which does not have a fixed spelling already in English (such as objects, processes, etc).

Well, like many tricky problems the easiest way is to turn it around.

"Why should 'everyone' like America?"

Because we have Happy Meals.

Which encourage malnutrition Next~!

snurl wrote:Because we have Happy Meals.

happy meals make fat kids feel happy. sad.

People hate america because we invented all the good things like Peanutbutter, Closed cartridged bullets, and Febreze...and they're just jealous.

UbiSwanky2 wrote:People hate america because we invented all the good things like Peanutbutter, Closed cartridged bullets, and Febreze.

Chinese food, pizza..

UbiSwanky2 wrote:People hate america because we invented all the good things like Peanutbutter, Closed cartridged bullets, and Febreze...and they're just jealous.

Might also be because you claim to have invented everything when much of it is stolen from other people *coughrocketssupersonicflightradaretccough*

UbiSwanky2 wrote:People hate america because we invented all the good things like Peanutbutter, Closed cartridged bullets, and Febreze.

Don't forget Chinese food and pizza.

Generalisation is usually a strong indication of ignorance.

To assume everyone hates something is to be ignorant. To assume everyone likes something is also to be ignorant.

Grouping an entire country and judging it upon the actions of a few people, is simply judging that sample and not the whole. While it may confer some sort of indication to the behaviour of the entire population, it actually doesn't.

Disco is from the French word Discoteque
so maybe the French invented it?

If, as I suspect, the music genre is from the USA, Frazz, then YUP!
is a good reason to hate America!

Sorry too many bad memories of the 70's filling me with negative emotions. Disco was the worst type of music ever!
Apart from Country and Western.

Good grief! you guys did it again!!!
Burn the infidels!

Stop! Wait!
You get some brownie points back for Jazz

Jazz, influenced by African and European traditions, in African American communities.

America as a melting pot.

UbiSwanky2 wrote:People hate america because we invented all the good things like Peanutbutter, Closed cartridged bullets, and Febreze...and they're just jealous.

Hello, I'm a British person. I'm glad to see that you Yanks are enjoying the Jet Engine and Whiskey, as well as our rather significant contributions to the Television, our invention of the Pencil and of course the Full English Breakfast.
I, however, do like peanut butter, so thanks!

Drop peanut butter not bombs!

Murray wrote:

Connor McKane wrote:
America is great, as good or better than anywhere and everywhere else.

America... good? yeah i suppose.. > than anywhere, oh i disagree.

Me? i dislike for what America did in past events, but i can't say anything since my ancestors almost wiped out an entire race (aboriginals). I also dislike their presidents (past/recent) and what they have done.

You didn't mind when the US was the only thing that stood between you and bowing to the Rising Sun.

Frazzled wrote:You didn't mind when the US was the only thing that stood between you and bowing to the Rising Sun.

There were a few British and Commonwealth troops in the area as well. Not to mention quite a few POW's of the same.

Although it was undoubtedly a majority US venture.