I have no problem with listing things that need fixing but when these people don't want to come back to visit our country, that's when I am turned off and think they are just plain jerks.
If your brother is an alcoholic, you try to do something, not roll him out of the closet on special occasions. As I was reading this article I realized that every point applies to some other country as well. Anybody can come up with anecdotal themes to explain one's point but so what? E.g. go to any country and ask someone where Iowa is. I'll bet 100% of them wouldn't know. That proves nothing about whether our citizens know what's going on in the world. Another one: We are consumed by our success attitude which is caused by massive corruption. Every country in the world has the same problem with corruption. India, Afghanistan, and many more are constantly in the news about their vast culture of corruption. So the author is full of b.s. Every country's citizens are striving for material success not just here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [OT] 10 Things Most Americans Don't Know About America > Ever notice how only Americans hate their country? You would never see > anyone from any other country post a list of things why their country > sucks. > > > ________________________________ > From: Ed Leafe <[email protected]> > To: ProFox Mailing List <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 1:49 PM > Subject: [OT] 10 Things Most Americans Don't Know About America > > If you're one of those people who think that the USA is better than every > other country at everything, stop reading and click 'Delete' now. This > will offend you greatly. > > For the rest of us, it is a sobering look at America from the point of > view of an American who has lived in many parts of the world. > > "Imagine you have a brother and he’s an alcoholic. He has his moments, but > you keep your distance from him. You don’t mind him for the occasional > family gathering or holiday. You still love him. But you don’t want to be > around him. This is how I lovingly describe my current relationship with > the United States. The United States is my alcoholic brother. And although > I will always love him, I don’t want to be near him at the moment." > > http://bananenplanet.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/10-things-most-americans-dont-know-about-america/ > ( -or- http://goo.gl/udBAH ) > > > -- Ed Leafe > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/081C917A7EE045C3B7B39AC31DF5D3AD@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
