1. Well, the tsunami completely destroyed many areas of the world. Trying to turn it into the argument you wish is retarded and seems to only try to draw some stupid ass emotional response.
2. No
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Originally Posted by sob
3. In another thread, I made the comment that we were called "stingy" by the UN. (You know, the organization that flew their flag at half-mast when Yasser Arafat died, but not when Ronald Reagan died.) Some of my words were:
"The point is that the US continues to donate money for aid, even to people who hate us. We are by far the most generous nation in the history of the world, and we still (back to the point of the thread) get dumped on, particularly by the UN."
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I think what you fail to realize is that most Americans do not give a fuck what the UN or the rest of the world thinks. For example, after the 2004 presidential election I saw a British reporter respond to how the election was obviously a backlack against Europe. The truth is, most people in the U.S really do not give a damn about Europe.
Also, I don't really think that Americans care how other nations feel about us. The tsunami obviously did alot of destruction and killed alot of people and people wanted to help. Thats the key...people wanted to help. Therefore, people are donating because it makes them feel good. Finally, many people understand that those countries are shitty to us. However, we tend to think of the families that are suffering and think of their help as aiding fellow people in extreme times of need.