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America
sucks 100%

Votes: 26

 Americans are arrogant and rude!

 Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Jul 03, 2002
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As a German, I am somewhat offended by the continual arrogant attitude of Americans toward the rest of the world. It's strange that a country with a higher infant mortality rate than Thailand has such an attitude.
First of all, American arrogance is what caused the 9/11 attacks. You Americans were meddling too much with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Finally the oppressed Arabs said "Enough!" and bombed you. And then, after the attacks, you had the guts to deploy forces to Afganistan, angering the Arabs even more! When will you ever learn!!

And boy! Your sorry government services! It's hard to believe that an industrialized country doesn't even provide basic healthcare to it's citizens. Here in Europe, everone is assured excellent healthcare, no matter what their income. We Europeans don't have to worry about our HMO's covering necesarry medical treatments such as colonoscopies. And then your welfare system! In America, your glorious land of plenty, if you can't find a job in two years, then your're out on the streets! In Europe, we take care of our needy. Also, may I add that poverty levels in Europe are much lower than in the U.S.

I hate it when you gas-guzzling SUV driving Americans get so patriotic and belittle us. Europe is far superior to America, whether you like it or not.


You know (none / 0) (#2)
by dmg on Wed Jul 3rd, 2002 at 08:53:57 PM PST
I never really looked at it like that, but you are right, I guess we could come off as looking arrogant to the rest of the world.

Just as well none of us give a FUCK what you Europeans think

time to give a Newtonian demonstration - of a bullet, its mass and its acceleration.
-- MC Hawking

watch out (none / 0) (#16)
by dodyskin on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 04:30:48 AM PST
you may be on top now but just wait until the chinese get their act together, and remember, all empires have and always wil fall eventually. as a briton i know this to be true



The Chinese (none / 0) (#37)
by hauntedattics on Tue Jul 9th, 2002 at 08:16:37 PM PST
are much too busy these days trying to keep their own country from imploding. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to take over the world.



hi haunted! (none / 0) (#39)
by nathan on Thu Jul 11th, 2002 at 06:00:16 AM PST
Long time no see. Anyway, I think Zhou En-lai said it best: "China's greatest contribution to world peace is feeding her population."

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

 
So you're a German? (none / 0) (#3)
by faustus on Wed Jul 3rd, 2002 at 10:53:00 PM PST
I hereby invoke a pre-emptive instance of Godwin's Law.


--You seem to be suffering from a liberal-arts education.

Please read the FAQ (none / 0) (#4)
by dmg on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 12:30:49 AM PST
This site does not follow stupid trite rules made up by intellectual weaklings in order to feel superior.

If you had bothered to read the FAQ you would realise that this stupid "Godwin's law" has no place on an intelligent discussion site.

To put it another way, there is NO HIDING PLACE FOR NAZIS at adequacy.org. If you are a Nazi, or use Nazi-like tactics in a discussion, you will be called on it.

thank you

time to give a Newtonian demonstration - of a bullet, its mass and its acceleration.
-- MC Hawking

Thanks... (none / 0) (#8)
by faustus on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 11:35:54 AM PST
I thank you for this Stalinist reply. The glorious lessons learned at this woefully adequate site are worth two in the bush and three in the drainage culvert, and are therefore adequately invaluble to me.

I wouldn't never want to make a member of the glorious oligarchy angry with me, so I have taken steps to ensure that this type of incident never occurs again. By printing out the FAQ and laminating it as my new placemat, I will be able to indoctrinate myself with the party line while eating my bowl of cheerios each and every morning.

I thank you for this fair warning, knowing full well the execution squad is primed and waiting for my next mistake. You do a service to your gender.




--You seem to be suffering from a liberal-arts education.

My goodness. (3.00 / 2) (#12)
by because it isnt on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 02:24:56 PM PST
Sir, you are so far up the collective arse of the AQ editors, all you can see are RobotSlave's shoes.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

rated 1 for 'AQ' (3.00 / 2) (#22)
by nathan on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 12:38:41 PM PST

--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

 
Wrong again! (none / 0) (#7)
by The Judgement Demon on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 11:08:21 AM PST
I did not invoke godwin's law. I did not mention anyone or any gov't/organization covered by the law. I only talked about how great Germany and Europe is currently. So, Ha!

You can't read (none / 0) (#10)
by gzt on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 12:37:02 PM PST
Or spell. It was a pre-emptive invocation. And it's "judgment".

You just hate us 'cause we're freedom-loving paragons of virtue. Bloody commie. Health care is affordable if you're a virtuous hard worker.

Cheers,
GZ



judgement can be spelled both ways (none / 0) (#11)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 01:48:10 PM PST



Yeah, whatever. (none / 0) (#13)
by gzt on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 02:31:06 PM PST
Only if you're a liberalist revisionist holocaust denier. Bloody German commies.

Judgment is preferred and parallels the other words based on "judge", like 'judgmatical'. The extra 'e' is clumsy and smacks of French or some other wasteful foreign jibber-jabber.

Cheers,
GZ

 
Health care (none / 0) (#17)
by The Mad Scientist on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 10:02:03 AM PST
Health care is affordable if you're a virtuous hard worker. But how can you be a virtuous hard worker when you get sick? If you have the bad luck of getting something longer-term, you can find yourself losing your job, consequently your health insurance, consequently your health care coverage, consequently your health care. But it is ok, because as you aren't a virtuous hard worker anymore you don't have right to health care.


 
No, it's "judgement" (none / 0) (#21)
by gordonjcp on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 12:33:24 PM PST



No, I'm Right (none / 0) (#34)
by Anonymous Reader on Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 02:26:52 PM PST
Read something besides dictionary.com and slashdot. Judgment. Judgment. Judgment.

Judgement is a popular variant of judgment. (none / 0) (#35)
by because it isnt on Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 02:49:03 PM PST
Both words are acceptable. As snopes.com says when defining the word golf, "Our modern determination to have only one correct spelling for each word would have struck our ancestors as hilariously pedantic and priggish. The norm for them was any number of spellings for common terms, provided those written representations validly reflected the pronounciation of the word". Now be friends.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

 
Something else? Like Concise Oxford, maybe? (none / 0) (#41)
by gordonjcp on Fri Jul 12th, 2002 at 09:37:30 PM PST
dictionary.com is full of mis-spelt words and americanisms...

 
I blame the Germans (none / 0) (#5)
by Mr Somebody on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 04:28:07 AM PST
if it weren't for your Saxon forebears coming over here, & then later, over the Atlantic, then America would be a much different place, probably more like a very large Wales - which would be better for everyone.

Except (none / 0) (#6)
by Amitabh Bachan on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 08:00:06 AM PST
sheep.

 
You think you got it bad? (none / 0) (#9)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 12:01:38 PM PST
Try living right above them.

 
May I suggest... (none / 0) (#14)
by faustus on Thu Jul 4th, 2002 at 03:09:21 PM PST
..updating your website?


--You seem to be suffering from a liberal-arts education.

haha! fantastic! (none / 0) (#15)
by Mr Somebody on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 02:30:35 AM PST
oh well, they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

 
You forgot fat (none / 0) (#18)
by Icebox on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 10:55:17 AM PST
I went to a fireworks display in Martinsville, Indiana yesterday and I can tell you that fatness should be at the top of any list you foreigners use to stereotype Americans.

Regardless, we are significantly better than you despite our flaws. Did you have to apply for an Internet Permit before posting your diary entry?

Over here (none / 0) (#19)
by Amitabh Bachan on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 11:30:13 AM PST
in enlightened Europe we don't need these interweb permits that you mention. We are also free to stock up on as many high explosives as we like unlike you Americans as this story demonstrates.

However, (3.00 / 2) (#20)
by because it isnt on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 11:41:07 AM PST
we Europeans do not have as advanced a civilisation as you yanks. This is because we cannot purchase mechanical killing devices with impunity and blatant disregard for the sanctity of human life. Oh, woe is I that I do not recieve a free handgun with my McDonalds™ Happy Meal™. I cannot exhibit my burning masculinity by driving a laughably inefficient car and shooting my ex-girlfriend repeatedly in the face. Perhaps I should move to Yankland and take advantage of the fact I can buy an AK-47 assault rifle in a child's sweet shop.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

Really?? (5.00 / 1) (#23)
by gordonjcp on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 12:43:49 PM PST
<i>... we cannot purchase mechanical killing devices with impunity...</i><br>
Are you sure? I live in the UK (which admittedly isn't really part of Europe - yet), but I can buy guns quite easily...<p>
In the UK, it's easier to get a shotgun licence than a driving licence.

Why (none / 0) (#25)
by Amitabh Bachan on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 02:05:41 PM PST
is there all this talk of licenses in God's own country? When I bought my truncated shotgun (the full size ones are too long and too fiddly to aim) from a bloke in a pub in Manchester there was no talk of licenses. I think you are confused.


Yeah, that works too (n/t) (none / 0) (#27)
by gordonjcp on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 05:20:45 PM PST



 
So, how many handguns do you own? (none / 0) (#30)
by because it isnt on Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 05:20:31 PM PST
While it's pointless to compare guns and cars, driving licenses and shotgun licenses are pretty much the same -- fill in the form, get a character witness to vouch for you, and if no-one objects, off you go.

You also know fine that there are very few legal gun shops in the UK, and most of them are "country sports" shops, which usually do have respect for the sanctity of human life, which is what I was talking about.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

There's loads of gun shops in the UK (none / 0) (#42)
by gordonjcp on Fri Jul 12th, 2002 at 09:40:35 PM PST
... and it's perfectly legal to own handguns. It's just damn near impossible to get the licence.

 
Spelling Errors (none / 0) (#24)
by Anonymous Reader on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 01:35:39 PM PST
> we Europeans do not have as advanced a
> civilisation as you yanks

Do you mean "civilization"? Also, "jerk-offs" is a commonly accepted insult; "yanks" is too abstract. You don't want to make people think too hard when you're insulting them -- it defeats the purpose.

> child's sweet shop

Do you mean a "candy store"? That's what they're called. I assume that's what you mean, unless you're writing from Thailand.

Work on these problems, and your posts might get rated higher. I mean this advice in a friendly way; please don't get all prissy (as you British are wont to do.)

 
America /Europe (none / 0) (#38)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jul 11th, 2002 at 01:55:48 AM PST
I could be called an American...but I don't call myself one. I am a human. I am what I am. No nation is better than any other...and by putting down another country with stupid stereotypes is just ignorance. Does anyone hear me?

All counties have their good and their evil.
Can't you see that?

No. (none / 0) (#40)
by SpaceGhoti on Fri Jul 12th, 2002 at 05:37:16 PM PST
All counties have their good and their evil.
Can't you see that?

If they could, they couldn't make outrageously "controversial" statements that this site is notorious for. It's written right into the mission statement.

Tolerance and harmony are anathema to Adequacy.org. If nobody's fighting and verbally abusing each other, readership will drop.


A troll's true colors.

wait a minute (none / 0) (#43)
by nathan on Sat Jul 13th, 2002 at 12:45:52 AM PST
No country is perfectly good or perfectly evil. That doesn't mean that we throw our standards out the window and have a free love gay hippie sex-in.

Maybe that's how things work in your liberalist fantasy world, but I don't think Idi Amin is going to stop eating Ugandans just because some pot-smoking draft-dodger says so. Talking about the issues is necessarily controversial. Otherwise they wouldn't be issues, they would be the raw material for gay hippie sex-ins.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

 
ok listen up you dick. (none / 0) (#26)
by Anonymous Reader on Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 05:19:21 PM PST
First the people who where the down trodden, the hurt, the so called second class citizens of every other country, came here. And now your pissed that we proved that mixing the gene's works, that we made democarcy work. If america is so bad then why do offer so much help to every country. We saved england from nazi's never heard a thanks... uh same with the french. You snobby son of bitchs think your so good don't you? Yeah your really better then america considering that we nearly control the world and at the press of the button we could destroy everything. But we don't... why? Cause we know your to stupid to take care of your self, and guess when who ever gets introuble with whoever, who's the person to sweep in and save the day? America. Yeah and to you snobby Canuck, your smart, you have raise a strong military force, you just didn't give them any guns, yup smart. Now my lazy american ass is going to post this with no regaurd to your feelings, no regaurd to good grammer, no regaurd to wether I spelled anything right and to how much of ass I going to look! USA rules, now time to kill one of my own, drop a bomb, screw up my education and get fat!

You are obviously an al-qaeda terrorist (none / 0) (#28)
by PotatoError on Sat Jul 6th, 2002 at 06:38:01 PM PST
"at the press of the button we could destroy everything"
"now time to kill one of my own, drop a bomb"

That's all the KBG..or FBI as they are now known..will need to know. Within hours they will utilise state-of-the-art technology to fit the pieces of your life together, perform a detailed psychological analysis and undeniably confirm that you are a wanker.

Fantastic stuff.
<<JUMP! POGO POGO POGO BOUNCE! POGO POGO POGO>>

 
Thanks! (none / 0) (#29)
by Anonymous Reader on Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 04:00:37 PM PST
I now own a German automobile based simply on the sagacity and wonderfulness of your post. I realize that our country lags behind the civilized world in culture, music, the arts, and economy, but we're trying! We've only been around for 226 years. Hell, even your mother is older than that, and we all know how imperfect she is.

She loves the cock, though! And there's nothing like fisting porn from Germany. Plus, your national socialists were quite at the "cutting edge." And let's not forget your wonderful politics given that our politics are so fucked up.

I'll be there shortly. Beer and sausages! Large women and surly, fist-in-the-air youths! Unlimited snideness on jam-packed autobahns! Bad techno! David Hasselhoff! Gays! Rampant drug abuse! Alcoholism the likes of which even Chicago hasn't seen! And obnoxious, leather pant wearing, smoking, broken car driving, six cent haircut having uppity assholes with bad teeth and worse complexions screaming about how bad the US is! I'm so there! Hell yeah! Long live deutschland! Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles!

he's right about the haircuts, you know (none / 0) (#31)
by Mr Somebody on Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 04:50:32 AM PST
are those little rat tail things obligatory?

But come on now, you both have to share responsibility for Hasslehoff. After all, he got his big break in the US, driving a certain car, remember?

Not Our Fault. (none / 0) (#32)
by Anonymous Reader on Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 06:33:22 AM PST
Look at his last name. That Hasselhoff guy is definitely a German plant. Millions of Germans rigged the ratings and the marketing to make it appear as though he was an American idol. In fact, he was a cover for a reich. Thankfully, The Folks In Charge took over when they realized that the latest episode was all about how KITT takes on the American Army with a perfect race of blonde freaks while Hasselhoff sings everything by Karl Orf.

 
You are sooo correct (none / 0) (#33)
by Anonymous Reader on Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 01:54:09 PM PST
I am an American, born and raised. However, I have to agree that it is indeed our own fault that we got attacked. The US is constantly sticking its nose in foreign affairs where it may not belong. The massacres in Beirut, the Somolian and Bosnian campaigns, the Vietnam War, etc. You help one group of people defeat another, and you're going to piss off the defeated group. Initially the attack on the US was a shock, but was there really anything suprising about it? Shouldn't have we expected this for many years? It was only a matter of time until those that we angered struck back.


 
It's true. (none / 0) (#36)
by Anonymous Reader on Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 10:04:18 PM PST
Americans are an ignorant collection of arrogant, rude, selfish bastards.

I wonder where we get it from?

 
LOL (none / 0) (#44)
by phantam on Sat Jul 13th, 2002 at 02:04:38 AM PST
i love that "where we get it from"...

The fact is that the world is like a giant family and someones got to be the big boss. i hate to seem arogant ( and no im not american im dutch born living in the carribean ) but it is very debateable over who are currently the superpowers in the world... as far as i can see its the US in the lead... It's ironic how NATO and the UN were so happy to help in the Terroism war... perhaps those hundreds of thousands of MRI packs that the USA dropped for the afghan civilians was arogant as well??? And Tony Blair didnt seem to want to help much at all.... HA... The world is arogant in many ways its the US that is trying to help balance it. Everyone trys to pick sides... the US helps israel so be it ... in my opinion it's time to unite and do some thing good

 

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