seriously.
watch the 10 minutes from about 22:45 if you dont want to watch the whole thing.
i normally dont care about anything, but seeing this, seeing that chopper footage and hearing those stupid americans really ■■■■■■ me off.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/PvmfOaZ34Pk[/youtube]
I’m some ways you’re not wrong. But people need to Remeber that the Australian givernment supported the US all the way to Bhagdad in this, despite the lack of WMD and despite the millions who marched in opposition.
But at the end of the day it’s the human species that is responsible for this sort of ■■■■.
I've met some nice Americans.
Real nice.
Why just America?
Britain, France, Germany, Russia and just about every nation does this stuff to some level with the Europeans and Russians as equally bad as the US.
France blew up a ship in another nation and killed people and have done worse over the years.
I don’t wonder.
It’s the cool thing to do.
If I knew how to do it, I'd post one of those "USA is not America" images
‘much-maligned’ America.
I went to the States last year and loved everyone of them.
They're great.
Yeah, I hate it too sometimes.
Just sayin’, the chopper footage happened because the pilots etc were ‘anti-muslim’ rather than judging individuals as individuals.
If seeing this footage makes you ‘anti-American’, then you’re making exactly the same mistake as they did, just with less lethal consequences. When you judge a nation or group so harshly based on the actions of a small number of individuals within it, then you are being unjust.
Haven't watched the required 10 minutes of video or whatever but I've decided I hate the US too because of fricking Halloween. Freeloading kids terrorising my street for free sweets while their parents watch from cars because their kids can't walk 100 metres and have to be driven everywhere.
Bring back cracker night and ■■■■ off Uncle Sam!
Haven't watched the required 10 minutes of video or whatever but I've decided I hate the US too because of fricking Halloween. Freeloading kids terrorising my street for free sweets while their parents watch from cars because their kids can't walk 100 metres and have to be driven everywhere.
Bring back cracker night and fark off Uncle Sam!
Haven't watched the required 10 minutes of video or whatever but I've decided I hate the US too because of fricking Halloween. Freeloading kids terrorising my street for free sweets while their parents watch from cars because their kids can't walk 100 metres and have to be driven everywhere.
Bring back cracker night and fark off Uncle Sam!
Ummm Halloween originated in the UK.
Not the version we've copped.
Not the version we've copped.Haven't watched the required 10 minutes of video or whatever but I've decided I hate the US too because of fricking Halloween. Freeloading kids terrorising my street for free sweets while their parents watch from cars because their kids can't walk 100 metres and have to be driven everywhere.
Bring back cracker night and fark off Uncle Sam!
Ummm Halloween originated in the UK.
No it isn't. The Celtic and Gaelic customs adopted by a group of British Colonies in North America have been morphed and commercialised to fit a merchandising template, the same template that enabled Coca Cola to control the image of Santa Claus. Halloween hardly got a mention in my generation, a generation of Scots and Paddies and Poms, I've got a bit of all 3. Halloween was a quaint custom that took off in the USA early in the 20th Century and it's their show now.
It's skyrocketed here in recent years and the supermarkets now set up stalls near the checkouts to cash in, guess where that marketing strategy started. Christ, they coerced the check out girls in my nearby supermarket to dress in Halloween gear from earlier in the week.
Anyway, enough of my diatribe, it's making me hungry. I might go see if they've got Easter buns for sale in October.
What a confused thread.
No it isn't. The Celtic and Gaelic customs adopted by a group of British Colonies in North America have been morphed and commercialised to fit a merchandising template, the same template that enabled Coca Cola to control the image of Santa Claus. Halloween hardly got a mention in my generation, a generation of Scots and Paddies and Poms, I've got a bit of all 3. Halloween was a quaint custom that took off in the USA early in the 20th Century and it's their show now.
It's skyrocketed here in recent years and the supermarkets now set up stalls near the checkouts to cash in, guess where that marketing strategy started. Christ, they coerced the check out girls in my nearby supermarket to dress in Halloween gear from earlier in the week.
Anyway, enough of my diatribe, it's making me hungry. I might go see if they've got Easter buns for sale in October.
I've met some nice Americans.
Real nice.
same here. Every country has their nutjobs. I think America's just get more tv time.
I also dislike the commercialisation of a Christianised Celtic/Pagan harvest festival.
I’ve been in the USA since June and on the whole I’d have to say they’re much nicer, kinder and more polite than Australians