For the most part, all I have seen in this thread is exactly what Mr. Depp was talking about in his statement. Where do most of you get your news?....Fox?
For the record, I'd like to say that I love my country. I like being an American. There is a huge difference between loving your country and loving your government. My love for my country stops with my government. It didn't take long working for them to find out the hard way about how bad our government really is.
I happen to agree with Johnny Depp in his opinion. Most Americans are childish slobs who whine about everything and do nothing to help the situation - then the majority points a finger of blame at another country or individual when all they have to blame is themselves.
In fact, our President made it quite clear from the beginning of his "great crusade" that either you are with us or you are against us. If we truely want to promote democracy throughout the world, we should learn to practice it ourselves by letting other nations make their own decisions without fear of retaliation, verbal or otherwise. The second we, as a people, start criticizing others for what we deem as their stupidity, we abandon all that democracy stands for. Everyone has a right to their opinion, no matter how "right" or "wrong" they may be.
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