Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dumb American
Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
That in and of itself tends to show a bit of ignorance. And it kind of shows how you've missed the point of the thread. You blame the American citizens for the actions of the current administration that runs the country. How personally responsible are you for the actions of the leaders of your country? As Roosevelt said, "the buck stops here" referring to his role as President. While your view seems to be that the buck stops on the doorstep of every American citizen.
im not proud of my country or its politicians. i feal great contempt towards it and consider myself a kid that was born here and will get out of here as soon as i can if i cant stay to make it a better place. its corrupt from top to bottom and fulll of extremists, disgusting cultures, taboos and assholes. it gives it's people nothing and isnt organized enough to let the upper corrupt politicians fead on any1 but their own country. i in short dont consider myself it's citizen and wherever i can in the repressive system, i help or try to.
now MY situation is QUITE different from PVS's who{iam assuming he IS american} has a coiuntry which has fed on most of the third world for the better part of the century and in turn has called itself a great capitalist democracy/lanf of the free/the new world and whose politicians are nowhere NEAR as corrupt as mine and most of what the US snatches from the wrest of the struggling word's hands is used to benefit its CITIZENS out of whom most happily{well in a matter of speaking} pay their taxes and fully SUPPORT their terrible highly organised and democratic government. in such a place a voice CAN do a lot unlike my country where it doesnt matter. instead of condemnig his government{like i do mine and rightly so} PVS is rather going for the RIGHTS of its citizens who are behind the government more or less while putting in a few words of sympathy towards the wrest of the world. now im not saying hes EVIL just ignorant/arrogant{perhaps to a lesser degree than most americans} as STOPPING people from calling americans DUMB is definately higher on his agenda than caring for the suffering or pointing out/condemning his own government. simply put if america makes other people suffer and take away their right without it being OK with the victim then definately americans who as PVS said RENT dumb need to ATLEAST put a compareable effort in condemning or overthrowing its current government wheather they like it or NOT. now do u understand what im saying. an american merely ADDING that he doesnt appreciate his govenment much {while really saying}but whats more pressing to him is the fact that most suffering people should NOT call americans dum is like bandaid for a bullet wound. heck not even that.
so i suppose what im trying to convey here is that no american has a RIGHT to ask sumthin like that{n yes i know it seems insignificant n looks like im making a mountain out of a mole hill but its the truth}