Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.newsfeed.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!pc01.usenetserver.com!fe06.usenetserver.com.POSTED!6ed65d21!not-for-mail From: Raj Feridun Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.welsh,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do British hate american culture? Sender: Raj Feridun Message-ID: References: <52210046.0401022313.78f63f4b@posting.google.com> <2fmp00p5s8g56i2lkb1gbjh5gg7lan7oc3@4ax.com> <4p2q001dnvil8gso4mdma2271isa96kaep@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:57:49 EST Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:58:10 +0900 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:11032 On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:43:05 +1300, JJD wrote: >On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:14:23 +0900, Raj Feridun > wrote: > >>>>Nope, there's nothing wrong with her at all. She disliked America and >>>>she left. BRAVO!!! >> >>>You don't think there'd be any advantage in finding out what she >>>thought unacceptable and checking to see if it was a concern worth >>>addressing? America might be close to perfect, but it's those little >>>finishing touches that will see you covered in glory. "If you don't >>>like it, leave" sounds a little self-satisfied and non-progressive, >>>don't you think? >> >>You've mistaken me for someone who believes the USA to be perfect. I >>don't even think it's close. >> >>When I said "haters" I wasn't referring to the average Americans >>unhappy with their situations who seek to change them by having their >>democratic voices heard. That's the best part about the country in my >>opinion. >> >>I was referring to the bellyachers who whine and complain without >>seeking any solutions and simply put down the country they live in for >>the sport of it. >> >If your solution is for them to go to another country because you >don't want them, is your country the land of the free, or is the >country who is prepared to take all these whiners and complainers the >land of the free? No, my solution is for them to go to another country because they are clearly unhappy with where they are. Hopefully the country that takes them will be more amenable to them and they won't have to whine and complain anymore. >If you were to be free of the whiners and complainers, would this >allow you to move on to another group who didn't fit your idea of >what's required to deservedly live in your country? Right, this is only my "idea" we're talking about. But I think there is a real fine line between dissension and whining. It's about what you expect to achieve from your whining and complaining and whether or not you actually WANT things to change or if you just hate for the sake of hatred. The latter is whom I urge to leave. Nothing will satisfy them so why not go somewhere better? That way everyone wins in the end.