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Published on September 7, 2009 By GeneralEtrius In Politics

This is a list of reasons why America is disliked in the world. I'm not trying to be overly political; I'm just making a point. That said, don't over react or start a flame war. And to those that think I'm singling out the U.S., just look at the title. If I put whats wrong with the world and then talk about the U.S. then your argument would justfied.

21 Reasons Why the World Hates America

 

1.       We’re a big country.

2.       We eat too much food and are the fattest country in the world.

3.       We pollute the world.

4.       We drive the biggest cars (which pollute).

5.       Our society is torn between conservatism and liberalism, with people refusing to change society even though it needs to in order to keep up with the world.

6.       We guzzle oil.

7.       We prop up dictatorships that do things that go against American morals.

8.       Our government does things that go against American morals.

9.       We’re a snotty, rude, and stuck up society that thinks we’re better than everyone else.

10.   We have foreign policy that still thinks that we are in the Cold War

11.   We act like we are still a superpower.

12.   We tell other countries what to do, using our military to back it.

13.   We put restrictions on things, such as weed and the drinking limit, which drives people to break those laws. We then refuse to change these restrictions, even though it would lower crime.

14.   We are a crime ridden society, with some of the worst violence and breaking of laws in any developed country.

15.   Things that seem natural, such as love and sex, are made taboo subjects by idiotic parents.

16.   When something bad happens, Americans overreact to the extreme, making something that was a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 look like a 20.

17.   Many people are racist and stereotype people.

18.   We claim to be and open a welcoming country, where in reality, we routinely deport people and make society hostile to newcomers.

19.   We are a Christian majority country (a reason the Muslim world hates us)

20.   We support Israel and attack terrorist groups (ditto)

21.   We elected George W. Bush and his administration. ‘Nuff said.

This is kind of a joke people. Lighten up.

 


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on Sep 08, 2009

That is a nice kitten...I'll take three dozen (We're having a party).

on Sep 08, 2009

Hmm, you do have a point there...

on Sep 08, 2009

theentombed
of what??? of our delicious kittens!

 

ok, so, the freakiest thing i ever saw, when i was in italy this summer, i saw a cat - whose left eye was green, and whose right eye was purple and yellow. really cool though. unfortunately, i didnt get a picture

on Sep 08, 2009

Kittens are stupid currency.

on Sep 08, 2009

Don't eat teh kittehs!!!

 

Om nom nom! 

on Sep 08, 2009

I find this OP in bad taste. I see what it is trying to do, but it was just asking for trouble. Fortunately kittens can diffuse any situation.

on Sep 09, 2009

Everytime Obama says "God bless" in a political speech god kills a kitteh!! (See what I did there?!)

on Sep 09, 2009

Hey guys let's start a flamebait thread and then put "LOL IT'S A JOKE GET IT" at the end to absolve ourselves of responsibility for the toolfest that follows.

on Sep 09, 2009

Considering that outside of the United States, 'American' and 'stupid', or 'fat', are often interchanged in a sentence as both a joke and a dig at the US of A, I think we can treat this thread as a joke. When someone from the US makes cracks about "DA CRIMININIMALS OF AUSTRAWLIA!" or some such, we all laugh. Why is this any different?

A fantastic piece of comedy history was penned by John Cleese some years ago, enjoy:

Dear Citizens of America,

In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
 
Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy), as from Monday next.

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. You should look up “revocation” in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up “aluminium,” and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter ‘U’ will be reinstated in words such as ‘colour’, ‘favour’ and ‘neighbour.’ Likewise, you will learn to spell ‘doughnut’ without skipping half the letters, and the suffix “ize” will be replaced by the suffix “ise.”

3. You will learn that the suffix ‘burgh’ is pronounced ‘burra’; you may elect to spell Pittsburgh as ‘Pittsberg’ if you find you simply can’t cope with correct pronunciation.

4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up “vocabulary”). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as “like” and “you know” is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

5. There is no such thing as “US English.” We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter ‘u’ and the elimination of “-ize.”

6. You will relearn your original national anthem, “God Save The Queen”,
but only after fully carrying out Task #1 (see above).

7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd will
be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only in England. It will be called “Come-Uppance Day.”

8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you’re not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you’re not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you’re not grown up enough to handle a gun.

9. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

11. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the benefit of conversion tables… Both roundabouts and metrification will help you understand the British sense of humour.

12. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling “gasoline”) – roughly $8/US per gallon. Get used to it.

13. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call french fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called “crisps.” Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with malt vinegar.

14. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.

15. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as “beer,” and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as “Lager.” American brands will be referred to as “Near-Frozen Gnat’s Urine,” so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

16. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors as English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” was an experience akin to having one’s ear removed with a cheese grater.

17. You will cease playing American “football.” There is only one kind of proper football; you call it “soccer”. Those of you brave enough, in time, will be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American “football”, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a
bunch of Jessies – English slang for “Big Girls Blouse”).

18. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the “World Series” for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable and forgiven.

19. You must tell us who killed JFK. It’s been driving us mad.

20. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty’s Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due, backdated to 1776.

Thank you for your co-operation.
John Cleese
on Sep 09, 2009

^

Perhaps if it were funny, and not obvious flamebait, I would agree with you.

The OP is no John Cleese.

on Sep 09, 2009

Well it's funny to me

on Sep 09, 2009

It was quite funny, I assure you. It certainly wasn't in good taste, and clearly wasn't written by John Cleese, however from a country produced "SCARY MOVIE 2-11", "DATE MOVIE", "DISASTER MOVIE" and "EPIC MOVIE" I thought tasteless humour would have gotten more of a laugh.

on Sep 09, 2009

ZehDon
It was quite funny, I assure you. It certainly wasn't in good taste, and clearly wasn't written by John Cleese, however from a country produced "SCARY MOVIE 2-11", "DATE MOVIE", "DISASTER MOVIE" and "EPIC MOVIE" I thought tasteless humour would have gotten more of a laugh.

Oh, my bad.

on Sep 09, 2009

Touché Besides look at how the US portrayes mexicans, indians, the french, etc in movies. It's kind of lame to get mad when other people do the same to you.

on Sep 09, 2009

twifightDG
Touché Besides look at how the US portrayes mexicans, indians, the french, etc in movies. It's kind of lame to get mad when other people do the same to you.

I wasn't aware that I was mad. I thought I was calling out an obvious set of flamebait, masked as a poor joke.

My bad again!

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