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Originally Posted by Benito
Willravel: You ask if "they" (that is "we") hate you. First, I don't know you so this is not personal, but European people think that Americans are ignorant, sometimes even stupid (which was demonstrated by the answers I got and it is also demonstrated by your filmindustry).
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Well that's a pretty big generalization. I'm european and I certainly do not think that americans are stupid by default. Are there some stupid americans? Yes of course, but here is some news for you, there are stupid europeans/asians/africans as well. Really.
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Originally Posted by Benito
The education in USA is poor. Seaver even thought that we pay 60% in taxes here! Many of you speak only one or two languages, you even have illiteracy - something we don't have at all in my country.
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Do you know for a fact that education is poor in the US? Again, I'm sure there is things lacking in the american education system, but that would not be unique to the US. Hell, here in Sweden some students finish ninth grade without knowing how to spell or count. As with the american system, these are exceptions rather than the norm. Most people do know how to read and write, in the US as well as in Europe.
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Originally Posted by Benito
Some of you wrote about Bush. There the worldopinion is united; Bush is the stupidest politician there is in the world. He is called "Hitler" in Germany. Italy's televisionchanel RaiUno had a whole televisionevening called something like "USA, the stupid dictature". In Great Britan they are pondering how the world would be if they hadn't been forced to give the colonies away. USA could be as good as Canada.
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Well I agree with you that Bush is not a great leader. He might in fact be one of the worst around, but I'm really really getting sick of people comparing him to Hitler. When Bush decides to wipe out an entire population, then this comparison might be accurate. Until then, it's just plain moronic.
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Originally Posted by Benito
Still nobody has convinced me that USA is great.
Benito
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And with the attitude you've shown, I doubt people will care...