17 August 2006, 4:55 PM
I'm sorry to have to say this, but are you blind and deaf? Holy crap, this is ridiculous, your country isn't the only one that gets beat up on, you just think it is. My country gets plenty of shit too, the UK gets plenty of shit, A LOT of countries get plenty of shit said about them. If you want to cry about it, go ahead, but you have to realise one thing here, the whole world isn't against you.
You only notice the things that are related to the US for the most part and seem to have missed everything else about other countries. Remember there is a world out there and they're being criticised just as much as the US is and I'm sure the majority of people around the world have more to bitch about their own country than they do with the US. For instance, I criticise my own government more than I do the US. On the foreign front, I criticise China and India A HELL OF A LOT MORE than I do the US and a lot of people I know are the same way.
Get over it. I'm sorry but that's really the only way I can put it. You're not the scapegoat or sacrificial lamb; you're just another country with various problems that people have an opinion on. But you're not the only one getting beat up on. Look around at the rest of the world for once, jeez.
Just remember there are positive things being said about the US, and no it's not just US citizens who say it, I know a lot of Australians who say nice things about your country, if you don't believe me, then fine.
You only notice the things that are related to the US for the most part and seem to have missed everything else about other countries. Remember there is a world out there and they're being criticised just as much as the US is and I'm sure the majority of people around the world have more to bitch about their own country than they do with the US. For instance, I criticise my own government more than I do the US. On the foreign front, I criticise China and India A HELL OF A LOT MORE than I do the US and a lot of people I know are the same way.
Get over it. I'm sorry but that's really the only way I can put it. You're not the scapegoat or sacrificial lamb; you're just another country with various problems that people have an opinion on. But you're not the only one getting beat up on. Look around at the rest of the world for once, jeez.
Just remember there are positive things being said about the US, and no it's not just US citizens who say it, I know a lot of Australians who say nice things about your country, if you don't believe me, then fine.
You've read it! You can't unread it!