 | Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US: poll| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US: poll in the Current forums; In answer to other questions, a majority of the Britons questions described Americans as uncaring, divided by class, awash in ... |
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07-09-2006, 10:15 AM
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In answer to other questions, a majority of the Britons questions described Americans as uncaring, divided by class, awash in violent crime, vulgar, preoccupied with money, ignorant of the outside world, racially divided, uncultured and in the most overwhelming result (90 percent of respondents) dominated by big business."
| See that proves at least a majority of Brtions have no idea of the US except for what theyre told by the their govt sponsored and leftist leaning news organs and what they see in the movies.
Uncaring? The US govt and the individual person both give the largest per capita aid in the world. And there is lots of indirect aid proveded by the US Govt that benefits the world in whole.
Divided by class? What in the world does that mean? You mean poor people live in one area and rich people live in another? Someone define this concept of "class warfare" and "working class"?
Awash in violent crime? Some area's yes. Some area's no. In some crimes as measured by per capita we are far lower than many big cities in Europe. Some cities in the US of fairly big size have crime rates that are extremely low. I dont know of a single area in any city in California where there is a "No Go Zone" for police and authorities like they have in France (maybe now in some British) cities.
Vulgar. Well that they might be correct on.
Preoccupied with money? Well, BETTER to be rich than poor.
Ignorant of the outside world? Some people dont care about what goes on outside of their neighborhoods, some do. You can find that anywhere in the world.
Racially divided? It might come as a shock to some Europeans, but many people on their own free will tend to like to settle in the same neighborhoods as their own income levels. Nothing wrong with that. As for racial probems? Here in southern california, the main issue is racial violence between black and latino's. Whites and asians dont have these problems. Of course most Europeans ALWAYS think its white vs black. And when you ask them about what specific things makes them think their is a huge racial divide in the country, and they sound like theyre listening to news reports from the 60's. Like they're stuck in a mental time warp, with their brains locked into only listening to "experts" from their socialist dominated media who cherry pick news stories to prove their points.
Uncultured? I didnt know you had to be cultured to be an intelligent and decent person.
Dominated by big business? So theyre better off by being dominated by big govt? At least I can stop buying the products of a big business. And its not like they dont have "big business" in Britain?
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07-09-2006, 11:07 AM
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Country:  | actually the US is rather low on the amount per person just ahead of Portugal in 21st place and a full 30% of US foreign aid goes to Israel which puts Israel at 9th place on the welfare list just a little ahead of Ethiopia The US and Foreign Aid Assistance - Global Issues
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07-09-2006, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Henk
Flyboy I did not understand that please explain.
| It meant I agree with him.
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07-09-2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot actually the US is rather low on the amount per person just ahead of Portugal in 21st place and a full 30% of US foreign aid goes to Israel which puts Israel at 9th place on the welfare list just a little ahead of Ethiopia The US and Foreign Aid Assistance - Global Issues | But that's per capita - look at the chart for actual dollars...
Net ODA in 2005 as US dollar amounts Country Aid amount by dollars
Source: Aid flows top USD 100 billion in 2005, OECD, April 2006 (preliminary data)
USA 27,457
Japan 13,101
UK 10,754
France 10,059
Germany 9,915
Netherlands 5,131
Italy 5,053
Canada 3,731
Sweden 3,280
Spain 3,123
Norway 2,775
Denmark 2,107
Belgium 1,975
Switzerland 1,771
Australia 1,666
Austria 1,552
Finland 897
Ireland 692
Greece 535
Portugal 367
New Zealand 274
Luxembourg 264
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07-09-2006, 11:52 AM
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Country: | I misread syscoms post and thought he was stating amount per capita but I erred oh and heres a pic of Fleet and across the road for some memories for you
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07-09-2006, 12:09 PM
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#81 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | WOW!!! Haven't seen the place since 1988 - it hasn't changed much. I remember when the Eurocopter plant was built. Are they still operating there?
Thanks for the pics - brings back a lot of memories!
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07-09-2006, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot actually the US is rather low on the amount per person just ahead of Portugal in 21st place and a full 30% of US foreign aid goes to Israel which puts Israel at 9th place on the welfare list just a little ahead of Ethiopia The US and Foreign Aid Assistance - Global Issues | That does not include money, physical items or volunteer time to many charitable organizations at a neighborhood or city level.
The US is VERY charitable at the personal and lcoal level.
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07-09-2006, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 See that proves at least a majority of Brtions have no idea of the US except for what theyre told by the their govt sponsored and leftist leaning news organs and what they see in the movies. | When Americans like you syscom3 start to open there minds and learn more about the outside world, I am sure they will do the same...
Stop being a frickin hypocrit.
All this fighting with you makes me look like I hate the US when I love the ****ing US and even ****ing serve it.
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07-09-2006, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet When Americans like you syscom3 start to open there minds and learn more about the outside world, I am sure they will do the same...
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Ive been to enough places around the world and met enough of the "natives" to know what I'm talking about.
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07-09-2006, 03:52 PM
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#85 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by syscom3 Ive been to enough places around the world and met enough of the "natives" to know what I'm talking about. | Stop lying to yourself syscom. You dont know ****. When you go and live among the people then you can open your fricken pie hole! I am really sick of you now!
You have not met crap, you have not lived crap. Get a life!
I am actually finished with this conversation now, because I am sick of your hypocritcal ways. At first I thought you were just doing this to make for interesting talking but I have figured you and your agenda out.
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07-09-2006, 05:40 PM
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| Ive lived in Japan and Indonesia for weeks on end.
Does that count?
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07-09-2006, 05:43 PM
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07-09-2006, 05:48 PM
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07-09-2006, 05:49 PM
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07-09-2006, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ WOW!!! Haven't seen the place since 1988 - it hasn't changed much. I remember when the Eurocopter plant was built. Are they still operating there?
Thanks for the pics - brings back a lot of memories! | yeah they sure are don't know what they are but helicopters they are
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