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Darc Requiem on 26 April 2007
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shams said:
jorma said:
Legend11 said:

@DonWii

You don't drive an American car so you don't play an American console? Exactly what do cars and consoles have to do with each other? Kinda crazy that the only reason you could come up with for dissing the 360 is that there's an American company behind it. Why not come up with something equally idiotic like you don't like the letter "X"?

Do you also not watch American tv shows and movies, you don't read American made books and magazines, and don't go to American websites? Where does the anti-Americanism you have stop? By the way where're you from?


Ok, off topic but i think its a lot more interesting than the actual topic: =)

From a eurocentric (and in my case scandinavian) point of view we do love american software (and films, books etc). We are not so impressed with american hardware, we really do prefer european or asian manufacturers. And thats what cars and consoles has to do with each other. I guess.

 

Its nothing personal, but myself (and most of my friends) are all *very* anti-American. Especially recently (yes, thanks George W...).

That said, we don't think much of the direction that Australia is heading in at the moment either (following the US far too much - all waiting for the end of the year, to kick Johnny & the Liberals out of office...).

I do have a few friends who are American, and I like them a lot... many of them share the same views as me.

I can generally sum it up by saying there is a (perceived?) attitude that Americans care about themselves much, much, MUCH more than people around them (let alone people in other countries...). This is what has screwed the world over, as it is today...

 


While I despise GWB as much as anyone, I don't get that paragraph. Before President Dunce was in office, if any sort of conflict happened in the world. The U.S. was expected to come to the rescue. I remember Yugoslavia and I'm glad we went over there to help stop the genocide, but Yugoslavia was European country. Why couldn't Europe take the lead with the US assisting and not vice versa. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't. When ever something goes down, either the US has do something about it or other nations twiddle their thumbs while chiding us for doing nothing. The US didn't intervene in Rwanda nor Sudan and did any other nations step in our stead? Nope, but those same nations will be looking at the US wondering when we'll do something the next time a crisis arises. 

Okay no more of topic rants for me for today. As for the topic, it seems like the same people that were up in arms about the Wii's "lack" of units are the very same ones saying the Wii is in trouble because Nintendo recently shipped a large supply of units to retailers. Seems like they are damned if they do and damned if they don't as well.