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septic
Well I had to bitch and moan about this!

Is it juzt me or are Americans damn irritating!?

I mean ok ive never met one personaly but I have spoken to hundreds online and as soon as u mention where u come from u can only sit back and laugh at their stupidity.

I mean more than half the Americans I've spoken to think that South Africans live in huts surrounded by wild-life and have a couple of lions as pets out side surrounded to the tree.

I mean how can we live in huts and have access to the internet...and also wouldnt one of the giraffes that walk around out side have smacked our telephone line down by now..or maybe an elephant?

One American asked me whether or not I knew what music was and what a 'Band' was ...I mean wtf?!And they are always asking me how it is that I am able to understand English?!(by this time i have sworn at them in a bit of Afrikaans and told them I was sayin hello in 'Afrikan')


They are so damn ignorant...yes America is a massive powerful country etc etc.....but damn they are ignorant...they got this whole attitude that America is better than any other country in the World....

Personaly I say they gotta split up that mofo of a country up into smaller countries cos its to damn big !i mean who poses a greater threat ...giant America or lil old starving Iraq or Afganistahn ?

I Know theres loads more Id like to moan about them but im to pissed off at the moment to think....

Any of u guyz agree with me ?
Agent Denton
d34th, we had this discussion a long time ago, and many of us agree....check it out here.

CHEERS!!! clap.gif
Dingbat
I have met a few Americans, personally, and most of them I've met have been quite nice friendly ppl.

But most of the American's I've met online have been shockingly uninformed about any other country other than their own....

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Maybe the education standard isn't really too high there in high school?

I remember some guy coming on to the saix battlefield server once, and insulting and swearing at everyone, claiming he was american, and he claimed every other country out there was a Muslim state shock.gif

I dunno if he was serious, or just trying to piss ppl off for their reactions.

But, I think most Americans are nice ppl, even if uninformed about South Africa, but then, don't they have the internet to use for researching other countries?

Makes me wonder if they are just acting stupid, or are not just doing the research and finding out for themselves....
Agent Denton
I remember chatting to somone on Napster (RIP) and the fool asked me if I had electricty. withstupid.gif

I've met a few Americans and for the most part they are nice ppl, but ever so arrogant and self-righteous. baaa.gif

But you're correct in thinking their schooling ain't great. I saw a show where they talked about it, and many of the geography books they had, had the equator going through America....also notice how their atlas' all have America in the middle instead the Greenwich Meridian like the rest of the world. Also, a number of their science books were incorrect, they referred to weight and mass as the same thing along with a load of other mistakes. dots.gif

I think we can sum this up in tha fact that American's seem to believe the world revolves around them. thumbdown.gif

CHEERS!!! renske.gif
neo
I know a few americans, all nice people.
The problem with americans is that they are brought up to think they are the best in the world and everybody else is inferior to them.

After WW2 the americans sat back in their chairs, drank beer and got lazy, they thought they don't need to do anything because they are the most powerful in the world.
The only thing driving them was power and money.

The Japanese that got their asses kicked went to school and made their children become smarter.
Today the Japanese actually own most of american companies.

Have you ever watched Jay leno, sometimes he goes out to schools and ask university students questions, you will be surprised how little they know about their own country and know even less about the world outside of the USA.
One night he had a picture of the Vice-President and asked students who the person was, of the 10 maybe 2 were able to name the Vice-President.

I know Canadians here that took a 1 hour drive over the border to go watch a hockey game and was asked by an american if it gets cold in the igloos they live in.
They know nothing about the country right next to them, what do you expect them to know about South Africa ?

Even though the americans will try and convince themselves and everybody around them that the USA is the best place in the world it is far from the truth.
Put on the TV and the news looks just as bad as the news in SA.
Murder, robbery, racial murders and so on.
The education system is probably one of the worst in the world.
The health system is not much better than you have in SA
The unemployment rate is unbelievable

In reality the USA is The Titanic, it was viewed to be the best ever, it got destroyed by the captain and the owner to show everybody they are the best (US government) it is sinking and nobody can do anything about it. Eventually it will just be a piece of rubble on the bottom of the ocean.

The USA is something like $6 Trillion in depth, it won't be long before the Euro is the main currency of the world and without the $US the USA is nothing.
HowlinMadMurdoc
QUOTE(Dingbat @ May 3 2003, 06:24 PM)
Maybe the education standard isn't really too high there in high school?

i think so. i mean look at the way the american high schools are portrayed in the movies etc

i was in a chat room and when they found out i was from south afria they asked me if i had TIGERS that walked around in my garden. so i told them no but there was a lion here the other day and i had to shoot it beause it was chasing my dog. they believed me.
Agent Denton
I was speaking to an American on SoulSeek the other day, and this guy was blown away by the fact I was white. He then asked me where I was born and when did I move here. I told him I was born here and he thought I was lying. withstupid.gif

CHEERS!!! beer.gif
nemesis
I am too completely against the Americans. I have met many, most of which also ask just about the same question if u have lions running around. A really good friend i know from msn messenger, know each other for a year or so, he lives in florida, has 3 pcs, all of which r the best in the world, one being a 3000+ barton with a 9800 and a gig of ram, hes got this uber big house but yet the lacks the education of the people he meets, his arrogant rich attitude annoys me, one instance was when tellign him in getting a new pc, i told him my budget was R11 000 and he kaked himself laughing.

He thought i was black and lived in a small hut in like a village.

I'm so glad im living here with an excellent education than live in flat America with a bunch of low budget yanks or rich arrogant ones. Mind you, england's education system ain't that good either. I probably will move to America or England when im older , as I see dollar signs zorro.gif

Soon as I've earned my money I'm coming straight back to SA! As long as it hasn't turned into another Zimbabwe by then. puke.gif

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Tyler
We have this american dude in our school, he is well lame, he nerver gives me any dollars, pish, i must totally bully him smile.gif
sleepy
Another thing I hate about americans they cant compliment anybody doesnt matter what, was reading a forum somewhere and this one guy posted a pic of his watercooled system witch was build in a premodded case it looked great cables neatly hidden etc. all that they could reply is how big a loser he was for not modding his own case, that was really dissapointing!!! death.gif
Gouhan
Yep Americans in general are as clueless as a rock! Everything to them is big, everything is overdone and they are reminded and remind themselves everyday that their Americans!

Could get flamed for this, but their reaction to 911 was intersting to say the least. It actually showed their ignorance, because what happened to them was stuff that happens from time to time in the mid east, Central Africa etc, but when it happened to them the whole world stood still for them.

One thing that is in americans is that there is a lot of racism within themselves, but against outsiders, they are united and are American before they are anything else like race etc...

One thing is for sure though that I know is that Americans talk big and they walk the walk, but they are far from being smart as a people, very far from it. (You only need to look at the Chrome on their cars, just jokes! shutup.gif )
nemesis
I remember George Bush asking "why does the world hate us?" shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Come on! Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Probably the only country backing the Americans on something is little puppet Tony. He'll do whatever Georgie Poo desires.... banned.gif
Kaless
I wonder if americans are the same species as the rest of the human race? shutup.gif
Anime
QUOTE(d34th @ May 3 2003, 05:51 PM)
I mean more than half the Americans I've spoken to think that South Africans live in huts surrounded by wild-life and have a couple of lions as pets out side surrounded to the tree.


Unfortunately it's not only the Americans that think like that... but 97% of Europe as well. To them Africa as a continent in general is backward and we all seem to be living in the bush.
But hey... so what... their loss of knowledge ... not u'rs.
Paul
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I too found that Americans are totally uneducated about anything beyond their own borders.

American schools only teach American history. That says something.

When i was in the states, I too was asked why I wasnt black if I was from South Africa, and chatting on irc one night some dude asked me if I also had electricity.

I told him that I had a boy pedalling like crazy on a bicycle in my back yard powering up my server so that I could chat on the net.

He didnt figure it out
Ziggy
QUOTE(Nemesis @ May 4 2003, 07:42 AM)
"why does the world hate us?"

Because it took the fall of two skyscrapers and the deaths of thousands for you to realise the world hates you tongue.gif
Driver
I have yet to encounter an American, online or otherwise, that has asked me any of these idiotic questions mentioned here. But there is a saying; birds of a feather flock together.

I have no doubt there are some really ignorant Americans out there who have absolutely no clue about what goes on beyond there county limit. But the same goes for any other country, like people making assumptions and judgments about a nation based on what they have seen in the media, in movies or an online chat channel.

Yeah the country has some dodgy world policies and practices, but I put that down to the leadership, not each and every citizen. There are intelligent people in the US.
Basing the countries view on the world by its president would mean I support Mugabe. I do not.

The US education might not be the best, but it is by far better than our own. Like anywhere in the world you do have your problem areas where education is not up to standard. Inner city schools do have their problems in the States. But Boston Public is not an accurate representation of the US education system. Nor does Jay Leno constitute fair investigative reporting.
One just has to look at the achievements they have made, technological and other, to argue the claim that they are an uneducated nation.

Hey, lets look at our “higher” education institutions. Last week at the Durban Institute of Technology they http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&cl...30004547C451889]slaughtered a cow[/url] to appease the gods. There were a few deaths on campus so it was thought the gods were pissed.

Now lets talk about ‘nations’ that are ignorant!!

Calling the Americans as an entirety ignorant and arrogant is in itself a contradiction, because one self has to be ignorant to believe such a statement.

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ended
Good point, the_driver. How many of you know what's going on in countries like India, Burma or Korea? So why would someone living in America care what's going on down here.
On the other hand, I still stand by my point which I made a long time ago, that the American gene-pool is badly depleted. The world's future lies in the hands of previously overlooked countries like South Africa.
Big-Evil
i dont care i just want dollars but american is stingy dont wanna give me dollars why
neo
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Good point, the_driver. How many of you know what's going on in countries like India, Burma or Korea? So why would someone living in America care what's going on down here.


Well you are not supposed to compare the USA with India and Burma, the USA is supposed to be a in a class of their own, you don't hear Indians bragging the entire the day how much better they are than everybody else in the world, you don't hear them shouting "india, India, India" every time something goes wrong and think being patriotic will fix everything around them.

Instead of fixing their problems they just get more self involved and get mad at anybody that does not see it their way.
You will not believe how pissed the americans are at the Canadians for not helping them with the war.
now they are starting big nonsense with france for not supporting them, why make more enemies after you just found out most of the world actually hate you ??

The cow thing is an isolated case, its not something that happens in public schools in SA.
I am sure some South African school students knows more about the uSA than the americans know about their own country.

The big difference between the americans and people of most other countries and the reason why we have this topic is because unlike people from South Africa and other countries they pretend they are better than anybody else and they pretend everything in their country is the best even though its falling apart and maybe even worse than other places.

The only think I will say the americans can brag about is Hollywood and the movies they make, if anything ever happens to the USA, like a meteor that wipe it off the face of the earth then Hollywood is the only thing I will miss crying.gif

The rest of the world just can't make movies, they all suck at it, big time thumbdown.gif
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Well you are not supposed to compare the USA with India and Burma, the USA is supposed to be a in a class of their own, you don't hear Indians bragging the entire the day how much better they are than everybody else in the world, you don't hear them shouting \"india, India, India\" every time something goes wrong and think being patriotic will fix everything around them


Actually, I wasn't comparing America with India, but rather South Africa with America, in that we too care and know little of what's going on in other countries. I once had a long argument with a guy who didn't know that England was an island and he'd been there.
How many of you know that India has the fastest growing IT industry in the world? Probably you think its all tigers in jungles next to villages, not so?
But, as to South Africans knowing more about what's going on in America than Americans, you're probably correct.
Infamis
Those fat naaiers are just plain kak stupid. Have u seen how much they love that dumbass gorge moorse oore bush "the ecomy is great thanx to great president gorge bush". Jerry might preach all he want that his show is not a reflecton on american ppl but i disagree. angry.gif
Ziggy
I (try not to) watch shit like Judge Judy, Curtis COurt, Jerry Springer, Riki Lake... and everytime I'm unfortunate to do so I end up asking of myself, 'How the fuck did these people become a superpower?'
Driver
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i dont care i just want dollars but american is stingy dont wanna give me dollars why


Its a captilist system, go out and get a job!!

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Instead of fixing their problems they just get more self involved and get mad at anybody that does not see it their way.
You will not believe how pissed the americans are at the Canadians for not helping them with the war.
now they are starting big nonsense with france for not supporting them, why make more enemies after you just found out most of the world actually hate you ??


I concur. I dont particularly like US foreign policy and I dont believe that their 'with or against', 'in or out', 'black and white' stance is making it any better.

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I am sure some South African school students knows more about the uSA than the americans know about their own country.


Perhaps, then it could also be said that some US students know more about South Africa than we know about our country. A guy at work today asked me who Walter Sisulu is!

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\"the ecomy is great thanx to great president gorge bush\".


Actually no, since Bush Jnr came to power the economy has weakend. Look at the R/$ exchange.

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I (try not to) watch shit like Judge Judy, Curtis COurt, Jerry Springer, Riki Lake... and everytime I'm unfortunate to do so I end up asking of myself, 'How the fuck did these people become a superpower?'


You should actually watch Oprah, not that rubbish you just mentioned, she is a true reflection of the American public. Television is a wonderful way to learn more about different nations and cultures... its just a pity you were watching the wrong channels.

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I (try not to) watch shit like Judge Judy, Curtis COurt, Jerry Springer, Riki Lake... and everytime I'm unfortunate to do so I end up asking of myself, 'How the fuck did these people become a superpower?'



Shows like that prove to me what I've always known. On average, most people are morons, and they want the whole world to be just as stupid as they are. That's why shows like that not only exist, but are extremely popular. In my opinion, Oprah is only slightly better.
Ziggy
QUOTE(the_driver @ May 6 2003, 08:01 PM)


You should actually watch Oprah, not that rubbish you just mentioned, she is a true reflection of the American public. Television is a wonderful way to learn more about different nations and cultures... its just a pity you were watching the wrong channels. </sarcasm>

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Oh I include Opra in that list... she may have fewer rednecks on her show but I still can't stand her or her weepy self-obsessed guests.
Surge
QUOTE(the_driver @ May 6 2003, 10:01 PM)
You should actually watch Oprah, not that rubbish you just mentioned, she is a true reflection of the American public.

Wow! Really is a true reflection of the American public! She is arrogant, and totally self-righteous and thinks the world of herself!
Cale
Cant get more dumb, stupid etc then americans. Remember that Amazing Race prog on TV when they came to cape town ??

Set the Scene :
They have to buy something from someone for R20 ( cant remember to lekker )

Arrogant Woman -> "Oh R20, thats like, what, 2 dollars? lets buy it !!!!"

Jeez it pissed me off. And see more of it every day on tv.

Forgive me for this, but i just have to say it.

Imagine if all our European Forfathers came in a settled in africa and then started systimatically slaughtering all indigeounous people ( americans - > red indians ), took their land and made egypt a state, congo a state etcetc.
(Remeber most americans are Irishman one way or another, and we know those guys are warped whistling.gif )

If we had the WHOLE african continent to ourselves WE would be the superpower in this here nook. rifle.gif
Driver
QUOTE(Lobotomy @ May 7 2003, 09:03 AM)
QUOTE(the_driver @ May 6 2003, 10:01 PM)
You should actually watch Oprah, not that rubbish you just mentioned, she is a true reflection of the American public.

Wow! Really is a true reflection of the American public! She is arrogant, and totally self-righteous and thinks the world of herself!

Erm, I was taking the piss. Honestly, you cannot base ones opinion on the population of a country by what you see on the tellie, that’s just ludicrous.

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Cant get more dumb, stupid etc then americans. Remember that Amazing Race prog on TV when they came to cape town ??


Once again, opinions based on what you have seen on television. The people you see on the TV are a speck of what that whole country constitutes.

Are we that narrow minded that we look to the television to base our opinions on US citizens? If so, then we are no better than the person asking about the lions that we live amongst.

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Imagine if all our European Forfathers came in a settled in africa and then started systimatically slaughtering all indigeounous people ( americans - > red indians ), took their land and made egypt a state, congo a state etcetc.


I have often thought about this, and I will agree that we would also probably be a super power. Look at Australia as well, there weren’t many natives there and look at their flourishing country. Its quite a grim thought, but if we have wiped out all the Africans when we had the chance we might not have the problems we have today.

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That is the most disgusting thing I've ever read. How dare you suggest we should've committed genocide on such a massive scale!?
If Africa is to become a superpower it must be through peaceful means, because that's the only kind of superpower that will last.
Ziggy
QUOTE(the_driver @ May 7 2003, 09:23 AM)
I have often thought about this, and I will agree that we would also probably be a super power. Look at Australia as well, there weren’t many natives there and look at their flourishing country. Its quite a grim thought, but if we have wiped out all the Africans when we had the chance we might not have the problems we have today.
 
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Wow, I have to agree with Ender, thats easily one of the most stupid, bigotist, white-supremisist bullshit I ever heard.

Had the whites of South Africa implemented a universal education system, offfered equal rights and generally tried to co-operate with the people to whom this land belongs, instead of creating a lopsided unbalanced system bound to fail by the sheer number of uneducated people it was producing with Apartheid, SA would have been one of the richest, most prosperous and crime-free countries in the world.

Who knows how many INTELLIGENT people are lying boozed out in gutters begging for money because of the oppertunities denied to them by that VERY train of thought you just mentioned and that the instigators of Apartheid no doubt considered the ultimate wet-dream.

Thats just sickening man.
neo
I don't think we would have been a superpower just because we were the only ones in Africa, that is not what superpower mean.

I don't actually know what superpower mean, I always thought superpower meant that you were powerful enough to destroy the entire world.

Look at Russia, what made Russia a superpower expect for the fact that they were able to destroy the world at the push of a button ?
I think it also has to do with the fact that you have military bases all over the world and you are ready to go to war anywhere in the world.
I think it also means you have lots of money at your disposal but look at russia, being a superpower in the cold war made them bankrupted.

When the americans slaughtered the indians in america, they only showed the rest of the world what sort of country it will be one day, a country of people that will do anything to get what they want.

I do think South Africans were better in that sense, yes our forefathers did kill lots of black people when they got there but it was never in an attack on some helpless black village where we killed everybody including woman and children because we wanted to kill them before they have the chance to kill us.
Our shame came by treating them as nothings when we realized we had power over them, their spears were no match for our guns.

Maybe South Africa would have been powerful if we treated everybody the same.
plutonium
QUOTE(the_driver @ May 7 2003, 09:23 AM)
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Imagine if all our European Forfathers came in I have often thought about this, and I will agree that we would also probably be a super power. Look at Australia as well, there weren’t many natives there and look at their flourishing country. Its quite a grim thought, but if we have wiped out all the Africans when we had the chance we might not have the problems we have today.



Right. Now -- who caused the problems to begin with? Does the captive become it's captor by accident or by some telepathic information transfer?

ARE YOU ALANJAKE?
Gouhan
Damn! Peeps did I just read that? i can't beleive someone would say such a thing, but I pitty you 'the_driver' I really do.

Anyway, I for one got mad respect for Oprah, one for getting herself out the hood to being the richest entertainer to ever live. The woman's got a backbone and if by far more giving than any other celeb I know of. Mad respect for building a school in S.A when she has no business doing such things!

I also respect her for going through an abusive childhood, being able to face that childhood and moving on with her life.

Another thing too is that, America made themselves a superpower through a whole lot of evil deeds including their creation of the very Sadaam they are trying to kill today! American's probably have more dirt than the entire African continent, but that same dirt is what got them to the top!

What I say is, get what you can from them and use it to better the world. They make a lot of business sense and that is one thing their very good at which I admire. Other than that, hmm......
Ziggy
QUOTE(Gouhan @ May 7 2003, 08:48 PM)


the richest entertainer to ever live.

And this constitutes a reason to respect somebody? The reason America is the way it is because respect there seems to be measured by wealth.

She made her riches by sitting on her fat ass talking shit on TV telling people how they should live their lives, what books they should read, how they should spend their money and how they should treat their children and spouses when she had no right to do any of these things. I'm suprised she isn't a Scientologist to be honest.

I have no respect for her for doing these things and her wealth does not justify her doing these things or make me desire to respect her any more.

The people on her show don't inspire me to love the US either. They are either flash celebrities trying to squeeze some publicity or weep-ass lawsuit whores telling their sad tale to melodramatic background music.

Better than Jerry's rednecks? Not by a long shot.

When I was a kid I loved everything about America, because to me America embodied freedom, tolerance, open spaces and possiblity. To me America was a hippy biker in a star-spangled bandanna riding a chopper through the vast expanse.

Reality is a cruel mistress, and America these days seems to embody opression, fierce xenophobia, and only a bleak future. America these days is a middle-aged corporate white-man with the IQ of lard, sitting in the Whitehouse bombing Arab babies for money.

It seems America is all about money these days, and that truly sickens me.
neo
If you want to read a great book about America go read Stupid White Men. It is a book written by Michael Moore, the guy that won the Oscar for best Documentary this year for his movie Bowling for Columbine which is a must see movie.

I highly recommend the Book and the movie smartass.gif
Driver
[I need my mouth washed out with soap for saying what I said here]

By what I said I did not in any way imply that this is what I believe to be right or as what could have been an idiological solution to what we have in Africa today.

If I question what would have happened if Hitler put all the Jews in to death camps instead of labour camps for a few years before killing them, would it imply that I am a Nazi and anti-semitic? No!

Megafox mentioned the idea that if the Eurpeons had done to Africa what it had done to the US, we might have been a superpower. I ran with that idea and to be quite honest it is plausible.

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easily one of the most stupid, bigotist, white-supremisist bullshit I ever heard


Stupid how? Bigot How? and hardly white supremist! All I laid out was a possibility, looking at that possibility and comparing it the outcome of other scenarios hardly constitutes my support for said scenario!


I am the only one trying to lay out questions as to why people consider the Americans dumb. And the half the replies have along the lines of "but on TV" and I get labelled the stupid bigot!

Nice one!

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plutonium
I'm sure I read right, that was a very offensive comment. Now -- your goal not to be regarded a fool? A pointless one as the wording says everything. Who knows, you've probably made an error in your wording, but you've said it -- now deal with it.
smacker
i have seen that documentary too, and i conclude that americans have some weird gene that makes them paranoid. they are so mentally phucked up.
Ziggy
Lets break it down so you can understand here:


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Look at Australia as well, there weren’t many natives there and look at their flourishing country


OK so here you imply that Australia is a florishing country because they had very few naitives, which in turn implies that naitive people are counterproductive to a florishing, productive society/ economy whatever. This remark is very much racist as it suggests Europeans are superior to their non-european counterparts.

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Its quite a grim thought, but if we have wiped out all the Africans when we had the chance we might not have the problems we have today.


Now this statement is even MORE racially charged and offensive than the previous one. It suggests genocide as a viable choice AND suggests that had we as white people wiped out the Africans that this country would be a crime-free utopia and our economy would florish on Gold and Biltong exports no doubt.
But the real kicker here is that I have seen similar statements on white-supremisit pages where all the problems of society are blamed on non-whites and minorities using steriotypes to say that they are stupid or more prone to break laws or whatever.
What these sites fail to realise is that most of the pproblems in society are perpetuated by the very opression they desire to enforce.

The fact that you think SA would be a better place if we employed mass genocide can't be shrugged off by saying, 'Eh I didn't say we SHOULD have done it'. Its still a bigotist statement and still implies that Africans are somehow inferior to Europeans.

Perhaps next time you should choose your words more carefully, because after reaqding what you said a second and third time... you still come across as rascist.
Gouhan
Peeps whatever the du' said doesn't matter. And he could be right to some extent. If there was a possiblility of making a lot of money by killing all the natives, then yes it would have been done and maybe Africa would be a very succesful continent etc...
But then there was no money to be made fro mthat that's why it was never done.

It's sad but it's true and believe me if there was th promise of wealth or some sort of gain by killing Europeans then the natives would have doen it, it's that simple. Given half the chance the native people would have done exactly what Europeans did and no doubt about that.

I have had an okay childhood, while not great I know it could have been far worse, and in Oprah's case it was far worse. And if she became very succesful by sitting on her fat ass and telling people off, then yes I respect her for that because that doesn't mean she is the ass, it means the rest of the people who watch and go to the show are assholes for giving her money to tell them all that hocus. And I also don't like her soppy show and the 'free your spirit' theme really bores me to death, but I ain't saying shit because for whatever she is, she's done more for charity than anybody else I know and that alone maes her a person worth respecting because she didn't have to, but she did it anyway because it was the right thing to do.

One thing about Amricans however daft they might be, they have strong convictions and they make shit happen. Whatever it might be, they make it happen. It could be war or whatever they make it happen. Whatever arrogence develops form that it was the rest of the worlds responsibility to stop it and not to sit and condemn it. America got away with a lot of things because the rest of the people did nothing, but have overzealous opinions, but they don't do nothin'.
Ziggy
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Whatever arrogence develops form that it was the rest of the worlds responsibility to stop it and not to sit and condemn it.


Like France and Germany? And then America just steamrolls over them, childishly renaming French Toast and Fries, while claiming that French wine is filtered with bovine blood and making references to Nazis?

Yeah, I admire those two countries, but I think only England could go against the US in that specific arena. To bad the UK is led by a spineless bitch all to eager to bush's bidding.

Oh and its not really charity if its done for your own glory tomaatit.gif tomaatit.gif
Driver
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Lets break it down so you can understand here:

Oh Thank you so much Ziggy, you truly are a wordsmith genius!

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OK so here you imply that Australia is a flourishing country because they had very few natives, which in turn implies that native people are counterproductive to a flourishing, productive society/ economy whatever.


No Ziggy, what I was implying and trying to put forward was the following. Let’s first ask the question, what has resulted in the downfall of some, if not all former European colonial states? I would have to answer that it was the uprising of the original inhabitants (the natives) of those countries against the oppressive colonial power. Not that the native was counter productive, but the preceding years to said overthrow had extensive economic and social implications.

Now, for arguments sake (do you guys know what that means?), lets remove the factor that resulted in the downfall of the European colonial powers. As was mentioned earlier, if the Europeans did to Africa what was done to the US and annihilated all the indigenous inhabitants, years later there would not have been a native uprising.

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It suggests genocide as a viable choice AND suggests that had we as white people wiped out the Africans that this country would be a crime-free utopia and our economy would florish on Gold and Biltong exports no doubt.


Actually, according Megafox who brought up the idea, I was referring to the whole of Africa (like if the Europeans had taken the whole of Africa and split it into different states… well, just like the US of A), not just little ole SA exporting gold and Biltong.

And yes, the mass genocide of Africans would have resulted in this continent having a whole different future. But I doubt a crime free Utopia, where did you pull that from?? Hmmm??
But look at the US, where they did wipe out the locals… was there an uprising of an oppressed native that resulted in the handing over of country to an uneducated, socially repressed majority? No. And the same could be said for Aus and NZ

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But the real kicker here is that I have seen similar statements on white-supremisit pages where all the problems of society are blamed on non-whites and minorities using steriotypes to say that they are stupid or more prone to break laws or whatever.


What were you doing on White Supremist pages, Ziggy? You must be a racist!!

I shall agree with you that these ideas are shared by the abovementioned groups. I however would not regard myself as remotely associated with these people; I would qualify myself on the other side of the spectrum.

What annoys me the most about the reaction I have received here is that I am being persecuted and branded for mere thoughts. The pondering the possibility of Africa being in a different situation had the Europeans approached this place differently when they arrived 3 hundred years ago! By looking at history and saying… ‘what if?’.

What you guys are putting across is that people are allowed to think and put across ideas on this forum, as long as they are inline with what is considered PC. Because if they are not, and step over the line of what is socially considered wrong (genocide, racism etc.) you qualify for one of the many ism’s.

I suppose you guys have never though about how Africa might be today had the white man wiped out the black man, of course not, none of you are racist. None of you have wondered what Europe might be like today had Hitler won the war, of course not, none of you are Nazis. Or if the Soviets became the next super power… nope, none of you are communists. Or killing that idiot who just cut in front of you on the highway, none of you are murderers!


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Valheru
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None of you have wondered what Europe might be like today had Hitler won the war, of course not, none of you are Nazis.


Ever wondered what SA might have been like had the Anlgo Boer war of the late 1800's not taken place? The British would not have oppressed the countries population, which might have led to the indigeounous population would not have been submitted to apartheid. SA's population would have been more than twice the size it is now, with infrastructure probably 75 years ahead.
Christo
I haven't followed this thread.
Nor in posting here, does that mean that I have read anything that was posted.

I have however, received an email complaining about the posts in here.
Something about religious issues.

Please keep it clean, or I will be forced to read the posts - and that makes me angry because it wastes my time.
I will also close it then, after deleting posts that offend me.

Thanks
Surge
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but I ain't saying shit because for whatever she is, she's done more for charity than anybody else I know and that alone maes her a person worth respecting because she didn't have to, but she did it anyway because it was the right thing to do.

And when she does these charitable things, there is always a bunch of cameras to show how much she has done. Frankly, I think that that is a shitty way to do things, because frankly, although she does have good intentions, she is exploiting the underprivileged for her own marketing purposes. I have no respect for such behaviour. I don’t see why it is necessary for people to publicly state that they have given so many millions to this and that cause. And on many an occasion, I have heard Oprah say “I am a good person”. Now that is like the pinnacle of self-righteousness as far as I am concerned! I am sure that Oprah does all this shit and says all this shit just so that she can feel good about herself as well, probably because she has a low self-image. In fact, come to think of it, she has made many references to how fat she is and how old she is looking and blah blah blah. I guess Oprah and Felicia do have certain things in common after all: both are boring as hell, both have the same shitty topics on their shows, both are self-righteous, both exploit the poor to make themselves look good.

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One thing about Amricans however daft they might be, they have strong convictions and they make shit happen.

And they always use ethical ways to get what they want as well, right? I will never forget after 9/11 when Bush basically wanted to force people to join in the “war on terrorism”, and he said something along the lines of “You’re either with us or against us.” Who the fuck is he to decide who should get involved in a war or not? I will never ever forget the way my contempt grew for that sorry excuse for a human being after he said those words.

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America got away with a lot of things because the rest of the people did nothing, but have overzealous opinions, but they don't do nothin'.

What can people do when America can get the backing of a few spineless countries to help them out with their “good” causes practically overnight?

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What you guys are putting across is that people are allowed to think and put across ideas on this forum, as long as they are inline with what is considered PC. Because if they are not, and step over the line of what is socially considered wrong (genocide, racism etc.) you qualify for one of the many ism’s.

Read through the other topics in the fight club forum, and rethink that a little bit.
Valheru
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I will never forget after 9/11 when Bush basically wanted to force people to join in the “war on terrorism”, and he said something along the lines of “You’re either with us or against us.” Who the fuck is he to decide who should get involved in a war or not?


Lol.....just hope he does not turn his eyes towards us for not being with him on this "terrorist" bull^&%#.

What ticks me off is that the US still thinks that 9/11 was the biggest tragedy in human history. WTF about the black death/plague in the middle ages - tens of thousands dead? And later tragedies that affected the WHOLE WORLD (i.e. incl. the other pieces of earth outside the US)
Driver
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he said something along the lines of “You’re either with us or against us.”

I don’t particularly like this ‘black and white’ approach to the war either. With us or against us does not work well, it leaves no room for the grey areas.

There is a common misconception amongst pro-war, pro-Bush supporters that being anti-war means anti-American. I am anti-war in the sense I don’t like the way it is being done, but I am in no way anti-American. (The people, not the Government)


If ever you guys have the time, read this - http://www.zmag.org/GlobalWatch/chomskymit.htm] The New War Against Terror [/URL], its an evening talk with Noam Chomsky. Excellent talk and I truly recommend it.

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Surge
Mrahahaha...

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These are the proper answers to stupid questions Indians are asked in the USA...

Q. What does that red dot on women's forehead mean ?
A. Well in ancient times, Indian men used to practice
archery skills by target practicing aiming at their wife's red dot. In fact,  that is one of the reasons why they had many wives.
You see, once they mastered the art of archery and hit the target.......

Q. You're from India, aren't you ? I have read so much about the country.All the wonderful places, the forests, the snake charmers,the elephants..... Do you still use elephants for transportation ?
A. Absolutely. In fact, we used to have our own elephant in our house.But later, we started elephant-pooling with our neighbors to save the air. You see elephants have an \"emissions\" problem....

Q. Does India have cars ?
A. No. We ride elephants to work. The government is trying to encourage ride-sharing schemes.

Q. Does India Have TV ?
A. No. We only have cable.

Q. Are all Indians vegetarians ?
A. Yes. Even tigers are vegetarians in India.

Q. How come you speak English so well ?
> A. You see when the British were ruling India, they employed Indians as servants. It took too long for the Indians to learn English. So the British isolated an \"English-language\" gene and infused their servants' babies with it and since then all babies born, are born speaking English.

Q. Are you a Hindi ?
A. Yes. I am spoken everyday in Northern India. (Hindi is a
language,Hindu is the religion)

Q.. Do you speak Hindu ?
A. Yes, I also speak Jewish, Islam and Christianity.

Q. Is it true that everyone there is very corrupt ?
A. Yes, In fact I had to bribe my parents so that they would let me go to school.

Q.. India is very hot, isn't it ?
A. It is so hot there, that all the water boils spontaneously. That is why tea is such a popular drink in India.

Q. Are there any business companies in India ?
A. No. All Indians live on the Gandhian principles of
self-sufficiency. We all make our own clothes and grow our own food. That is why you see all these thin skinny Indians - it is a lot of hard work.

Q. Indians cannot eat beef, huh ?
A. Cows provide milk, which is a very essential part of
Indian diet. So eating cows is forbidden. However in order to decrease the population of the country, the government is trying to encourage everyone
to eat human meat.

Q. India is such a religious place. Do you meditate regularly ?
A. Yes, Sometimes I meditate for weeks without food and drink. But it is difficult to keep my job, because I have to miss work when I meditate like that. But the bosses there do the same thing. That is why things are so
inefficient there.

Q. I saw on TV that people there walk on burning coals. Why do they do that?
A.. We don't have shoes, so we burn the bottom of our feet to make it hard, so that we can walk.

Q. Why do you sometimes wear Indian clothes to work?
A. I prefer it to coming naked.

Q. How do you celebrate Thanksgiving day in India?
A.. By roasting an American...
Agent Denton
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The US education might not be the best, but it is by far better than our own.


Oooooohhhhh no it ain't. We do calculus in high school....they don't. Just one example of many on how our education is better than theirs. They may have a better system (ie. way of teaching pupils, infrastructure etc), but our syllabus is superior in pretty much every way. dots.gif

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I have no doubt there are some really ignorant Americans out there who have absolutely no clue about what goes on beyond there county limit. But the same goes for any other country, like people making assumptions and judgments about a nation based on what they have seen in the media, in movies or an online chat channel.


The difference being, we don't claim to know everything about the rest of the world and we don't claim to be the superior nation. baaa.gif

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One just has to look at the achievements they have made, technological and other, to argue the claim that they are an uneducated nation.


Hmmmm....have you ever seen the nationalities of those in their tech industry? The majority are asian (ie. Japanese, Chinese, Indian etc). As a matter of fact, much of "their" aerospace tech was developed by South African scientists (their 1337 radar system and their famous Apache helicopter [based on the Rooivalk] for example). ph34r.gif

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Hey, lets look at our “higher” education institutions. Last week at the Durban Institute of Technology they http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&cl...30004547C4518(9]slaughtered a cow[/url] tn appease the gods. There were a few deaths on campus so it was dhought the gods were pissed.beta.gif
QUOTEPerhapr, then it could also be said that some US students know more about South Africa than we know about our country. A guy at work tnday asked me who Walter Sisulu is!


Um...the fact he didn't know who Walter Sisulu was, doesn't mean he doesn't know much about SA. Walter Sisuls after all, stayed out of the public eye...hell he still lived in Soweto (indicating he didn't think much of fame or fortune). dots.gif

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And the half the replies have along the lines of \"but on TV\" and I get labelled the stupid bigot!


TV is enough. Hell, thats pretty much all we see, American shows with Americans. Now they're not ALL gonna "act" stupid on TV are they? But somehow they are always dense, which leads me to believe that the majority of Americans are morons. The few I have met have pretty much conformed to the image created by TV...arrogant, ignorant dumbasses. rifle.gif

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I have however, received an email complaining about the posts hn here.


Last tile I checked thic was the fight blub and there were no rules. Didn't something under the title say something like, "Don'd come crying to us if your feelhngs get hurt."? Whoever complained should grow ep or fuck off. ,!--emo&:withstu`id:-->withstupid.gif
CHEERS!!! &shuriken.gif'
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