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Mr. Burning wrote:Jazz, influenced by African and European traditions, in African American communities.

America as a melting pot.

A big pot of glorious Queso!!! Someone get some chips.

To the topic, my granddad who only spoke Enlish as a fourth language noted that when he was in port he never told anyone he was an American citizen, that there were people who didn't like the US even before WWII. When Frazzled Sr. was in foreign places in North Africa in the late 50s he was warned to watch out that the natives hate Americans, and this was after we had liberated the country he was in from the umpah band types. So blah blah whatever.

On the positive, Its better to be feared than loved.
-some guy with a moustache.

Xenophobia
The universal human emotion that binds us all together.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Xenophobia
The universal human emotion that binds us all together.

Except for the French - on one wants to be associated with that lot

I have a feeling this thread will turn to who invented what, pitting the brits and the yanks, and a nigh-unreadable discussion about football, soccer, and rugby.

SilverMK2 wrote:

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Xenophobia
The universal human emotion that binds us all together.

Except for the French - on one wants to be associated with that lot

But I still want their Beaujolais Noveaux to scour my drains with.

Guess who invented peanut butter?

The Canadians!!

"Evidence of peanut butter as it is known today comes from US patent #306727,[3] issued in 1884 to Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for the finished product of the process of milling roasted peanuts between heated surfaces until the peanuts entered "a fluid or semi-fluid state." " (Wikipedia)

KK just let them have Peanut Butter, they must surely have invented the PB and J combo though.

Frazzled wrote:

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.

Dude, that's a pretty big slap in the face to the ANZACs there. Though The US played a large part in it, it isn't right to just go and dismiss the sacrifice of the Australian armed forces in the field of battle, especially as they took some pretty serious casualties fighting for their homeland.
Just saying, is all.

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

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.

Dude, that's a pretty big slap in the face to the ANZACs there. Though The US played a large part in it, it isn't right to just go and dismiss the sacrifice of the Australian armed forces in the field of battle, especially as they took some pretty serious casualties fighting for their homeland.
Just saying, is all.

Thats what happens when you slap an American, we slap back.

Well, there is that, but even so.
Still, nobody's denying the US Fleet gave the Rising Sun hell. Just saying it wasn't entirely down to them.

..an OT board thread spiralling towards "discussion" with regards to WW II !?

NO WAI !

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:Well, there is that, but even so.
Still, nobody's denying the US Fleet gave the Rising Sun hell. Just saying it wasn't entirely down to them.

Yea. It was.

EDIT: I should amend that. While it was the US that decided the thing, the Brit Commonwealth forces (is that how you would say it), Phillipinos, Chinese, even da Rooskies and other occupied forces all did their part.

Can't tell if I'm being wound up or not...
Grrrraaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
*Brain shuts down*

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:Can't tell if I'm being wound up or not...
Grrrraaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
*Brain shuts down*

Remember the Alamo!


Wait I just remembered I wasn't supposed to post...sorry.

Sorry for being away so long my signifigant other is very sick at the moment guys.

I'm not saying at all that south park is completly to blame but that show and others like that make fun of other countries, religions that they hold near and dear etc. Makes people mad, and hate us this is just one reason among alot of others. I know America isn't completly hated by the world, but the hate for us that is there is probably caused by things like thisAnd many others thats is all I was trying to say. I was not trying to start a trolling thread I was trying to be serious and just state somthing I thought could be cause for some hate for my country.

Frazzled wrote:Remember the Alamo!

Pretty sure that was invented by the English as well...

SilverMK2 wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Remember the Alamo!

Pretty sure that was invented by the English as well...

BloodDrop101X wrote:I'm not saying at all that south park is completly to blame but that show and others like that make fun of other countries, religions that they hold near and dear etc. Makes people mad, and hate us this is just one reason among alot of others. I know America isn't completly hated by the world, but the hate for us that is there is probably caused by things like thisAnd many others thats is all I was trying to say. I was not trying to start a trolling thread I was trying to be serious and just state somthing I thought could be cause for some hate for my country.

So you're saying they hate the US because we have freedom of speech? That's good, as far as I'm concerned I want to be hated by anyone that hates the idea of freedom of speech and who would kill people for satirizing things they hold dear. Bowing down and abandoning fundamental principles of human freedom because some people can't take a joke is really pretty pathetic.

I like this idea that only the United States has ever said anything about other countries and only the US has done questionable things in the past. The rest of the world is just a big love-in, but not here in the hate fueled US.

Ahtman wrote:I like this idea that only the United States has ever said anything about other countries and only the US has done questionable things in the past. The rest of the world is just a big love-in, but not here in the hate fueled US.

We're just a bunch of meanies. Its probably because of our uber dominance in processed foods
Now that I think about it it has to be the food. The rest of the world hates us because we take their delicacies and put beef and cheese on it (and occasionally bacon) and make it better. they're jealous because they didn't think of it first.

I thought people were more annoyed by the US completely ignoring the UN in a few key decisions.

Not that the UN shouldn't be ignored, but it seems like a lot of people "over there" didn't take kindly to it.

I think people hate America because they hate freedom and success.

Monster Rain wrote:I thought people were more annoyed by the US completely ignoring the UN in a few key decisions.

Not that the UN shouldn't be ignored, but it seems like a lot of people "over there" didn't take kindly to it.

Good thing China, Iran, Sudan (hell the entire human right council) and former USSR always abided by them.

Albatross wrote:I think people hate America because they hate freedom and success.

Frazzled wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:I thought people were more annoyed by the US completely ignoring the UN in a few key decisions.

Not that the UN shouldn't be ignored, but it seems like a lot of people "over there" didn't take kindly to it.

Good thing China, Iran, Sudan (hell the entire human right council) and former USSR always abided by them.

Indeed. It's almost as if the fact that they are even consulted on these issues makes the entire concept a farce. Almost.

Frazzled wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:I thought people were more annoyed by the US completely ignoring the UN in a few key decisions.

Not that the UN shouldn't be ignored, but it seems like a lot of people "over there" didn't take kindly to it.

Good thing China, Iran, Sudan (hell the entire human right council) and former USSR always abided by them.

Comparing yourself to those countries is very wise.

Crybabies.

Guess the hate part depends on who you are and where you're standing. Some brazilians hate us portuguese and say lots of infantile stuff about us. Here, some don't like the brazilians, others don't like certain africans, others the romanians...

I think a fairer question regarding this would be what do the people here don't like about America. Saying that people dislike America because of South Park is wrong. It makes fun of the Americans as much, if not more, than any other country or people in the world.

Meh, people hate us Brits - you don't see us crying about it. In fact we relish it.

'No-one likes us, we don't care.'

Albatross wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:I thought people were more annoyed by the US completely ignoring the UN in a few key decisions.

Not that the UN shouldn't be ignored, but it seems like a lot of people "over there" didn't take kindly to it.

Good thing China, Iran, Sudan (hell the entire human right council) and former USSR always abided by them.

Comparing yourself to those countries is very wise.

Says the guy coming from the country that oppressed half the world, you might think about that.
"The sun never sets on the British Empire..."

Albatross wrote:'No-one likes us, we don't care.'

That's my basic opinion as well.

It's lonely at the top, baby.