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And non US citizens?
by kevcampb 13y ago
And non US citizens?
- jsmeaton 13y agoDon't count. Being an Australian, I'm pissed.
- alan_cx 13y agoDude, we Brits know you Aussies love your beer, like we do, but hey, don't openly prove the stereo type!!!! Although, I am "pissed" too. No, non Americans are subhuman and have no rights in US law and seemingly to most Americans, even if we are customers of US businesses making them money, while these US business avoids tax like its AIDS. The US government also happily sweeps aside international law and convention when it suits them. Hence drone strikes, gitmo and rendition, or as the rest of us sub-humans call it, kidnap, murder and false imprisonment. Or the refusal to submit US citizens to international courts. That is the problem with the US attitude to the rest of the planet, we are seen as both customers to be exploited, and the enemy. Real shame the US is so paranoid, the vast majority of us aren't evil. I really fail to understand why the US believes it can behave in a way no one else does, why it thinks it has the right to do what it likes and over ride every one else. It really does feel like the US only recognizes American citizens as fully human. America and Americans are some how special and of more worth than every one else. Yet, while I disapprove of this, worse is the way US allies lay down and accept it. So, partly, I think, "sod it, if my government cant be arsed to challenge them, then why am I bothering?". A bit like thinking the US citizens clearly want this, they voted for it, so they deserve it. Its sad because all this stuff, IMHO, tarnishes everything good the US does. And it really does do some brilliant, awesome stuff. Is this superiority complex really the price the rest of us have to pay? It funny, just a the simple addition of equality and humility, and the US could be the most loved country on the planet.