retired_kimmymarlo

first point - it's played up by the media, but you might have a point.

second point - incorrect.

milkybar kid

Where are you now?

sadly I was not Harvard material - I was deferred and later rejected by Yale, which almost a perfect substitute. </BLOCKQUOTE>

retired_the gizmo

people hate america because they have nfc what america is.

retired_sedimohasel

driver's licenses/independence.

no. </BLOCKQUOTE>

By "Indepedence" do you mean having your own brain Andy? Only asking because apparently this guy didn't get his last year

retired_kimmymarlo

I'm at Vandy.

and independence means distancing from one's family, at least generally.

milkybar kid

I think its due to several factors

1. America sticking their nose in other countries business in the last 20 years with bad results, ie Saddam etc etc
2.Jealousy
3.Patriotism

retired_princess160

This comes from two sides: people who hate Bush/ultraconservative eedjits/corporate puppets do not automatically hate the USA, yet are automatically thrown into one bucket with those who blindly hate 'the great satan' because of whatever sweeping reasons they have. It's a black and white world these days :thdn:

retired_amadhani

both sides of america are ok but the middle is for the most part rubbish?

retired_sedimohasel

Daaaaave has a point here.

Also, I'll disagree with the too patriotic argument. Every country is patriotic. you'll hear people from England/Spain/Mali... claim that their country is the best in the world all the time but nobody cares and hates the Brits because they are patriotic. The problem with America is that Americans DO have a point when they say it is the best country in the world and the most powerfull and blabla and I think that jealousy (sp?) is more of a reason for foreigners hating America than patriotism is.

retired_amadhani

Britain is not really patroitic from my experience, our main pastime is to moan.