Russia: Waterboarding is for sissies

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Kasz216 on 29 April 2009

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I don't understand why Americans refuse to accept any criticism of their country?

For those that were asking why America receives more criticism than Russia its for several reasons.

1. You're more powerful. Nobody is as concerned with what happens in a country with less influence.

2. You claim to be a beacon of justice and democracy and sometimes there is a level of hypocrisy.

3. You're part of the West, the rest of the Western world is more likely to judge you because you're part of it.

Its not necessarily fair that you garner more criticism than countries with rights records that are clearly far worse, but because of those three reasons you do.

The only problem i have with the criticism of the US is that people often never look at some of their own countries having there own problems.

Like when people get on the US for racism and sexism... there are first world countries in western europe that are worse off... and yet nobody even brings up said problems.

Or when the US doesn't have a progressive enough tax system... when its' more progressive then other nations.

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txrattlesnake on 29 April 2009

pearljammer said:

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Hey, college boy, I know a fun way for you to spend your afternoon. Go to your nearest blue-collar or redneck bar, and start spouting your dislike for America in your best European accent, and then I predict you'll be having a good old time.

European accent? What the hell is that?

it is an accent that if you sat down in a bar in any of the 50 us states and started talking to people, then most people that heard it would think you were from europe or australia or england.

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Strategyking92 on 29 April 2009

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Tell that to the guy who got waterboarded 186 times, to the people who wrote the Army Field Manual, and to Congress who passed the federal laws against torture.

You could also tell that to the Framers of the Constitution.

I'm guessing you didn't hear about that british officer after the Tea parties that was tarred, feathered, and beat to a pulp?

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pearljammer on 29 April 2009

txrattlesnake said:

pearljammer said:

txrattlesnake said:

Hey, college boy, I know a fun way for you to spend your afternoon. Go to your nearest blue-collar or redneck bar, and start spouting your dislike for America in your best European accent, and then I predict you'll be having a good old time.

European accent? What the hell is that?

it is an accent that if you sat down in a bar in any of the 50 us states and started talking to people, then most people that heard it would think you were from europe or australia or england. - That's hardly all of Europe and, hell, Australia isn't in the same continent.

Ah, I guess you mean an English accent?

Simple overanalysis on my part.

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txrattlesnake on 29 April 2009

pearljammer said:

txrattlesnake said:

pearljammer said:

txrattlesnake said:

Hey, college boy, I know a fun way for you to spend your afternoon. Go to your nearest blue-collar or redneck bar, and start spouting your dislike for America in your best European accent, and then I predict you'll be having a good old time.

European accent? What the hell is that?

it is an accent that if you sat down in a bar in any of the 50 us states and started talking to people, then most people that heard it would think you were from europe or australia or england. - That's hardly all of Europe and, hell, Australia isn't in the same continent.

Ah, I guess you mean an English accent?

Simple overanalysis on my part.

Have you ever watched Athenewins videos on youtube? He's from Belguim and has a European accent. Same with many Germans when they speak English and I would assume anybody else living on the continent. European accents generally do sound more like English accents to most people in the US than they sound like Brooklyn or US Southern accents.