Re: The Ranting/Debate Thread
But it's harder to believe that it's also the home of the largest moron ratio, and the largest religious fundamentalist ratio.
This is a good point.
technically even if the States did have a huge number as assholes, does not mean that their percentage is high.
Another good point.
Unfortunately, statistically, when we elect a douchebag moron for our president - and then RE-ELECT him - it tends to point toward the fact that the majority of us are like-minded douchebag morons.
Also, Newbie, I was more referring to online douchebags that I've met. The cover of internet anonymity makes people show what they might hide when meeting them in person (seriously... ever play any mmo? 90% of the population in every mmo I've ever played are either complete fuckwads or retards who can't read their own skill tooltips. It's extremely rare to find players that know what the fuck they're doing AND aren't elitist fuckshits about it, and if you do they're usually banded together in a 'rock against the flood' guild. Then again, I've never played on other countries' servers, so I can see how my viewpoint might be skewed).
when was the last time an American Extremest killed over 3,000 innocent people in one go?
This is another good point. But when was the last time Iran's government declared a war on another country that costed thousands of lives, both military and civilian? I'm just playing devil's advocate here. I think Bush declaring war on terror was childish and stupid, and worst of all, influenced by what his father didn't finish in Iraq. However, the crimes these people commit are either done in the shadows or from the shadows, making them less of a target for global media than an all-out, public declaration of war.
France is a bunch of Sissies.
Well... they DO have a long history of surrendering instead of fighting, and always seeking peaceful solutions. While this is laudable, most of the world thinks with their testicles, and makes fun of them for it. *shrug* it's easy to think of new jokes regarding the French surrendering. It's not easy to constantly praise them. I mean, you praise someone for something, and then.... what? You continue praising them? That's not really realistic. It's much easier to make people laugh over something, because there are infinite ways of making fun of something. The first one that comes to my mind is Pirates of the Caribbean actually.... "Who ever thought up the word 'parlay'??" "That would be the French."
I have a sort of rants about stereotypes, too. I don't understand why people are offended by them. Now, I know this is going to get me into a lot of hot water, but... really... I don't get it. Stereotypical jokes are always made in one of two ways: joking or an attempt to be hurtful. If you're joking, then all parties concerned should know you're joking and that you don't really mean what you say. Example: I sometimes make fun of the French for being sissies even though rationally I know it's retarded to generalize an entire nation of people based on dead leaders' decisions. But it makes people laugh. There's nothing wrong with laughter as long as it's not hurtful. Just like when earlier in this thread someone stereotyped America (and brought up this whole conversation). I'm American and I laughed; I wasn't hurt at all. Some of it was because there's a nugget of truth in that, the other part was that we both know it's ridiculous to generalize the several billion people of this country. I didn't get all butt-hurt about it.
If someone is actively trying to hurt someone else by using stereotypes, racial slurs, sexism, etc, I equally fail to understand why people get upset about this. Clearly whoever is doing it is an ignorant, egotistical ass, and therefore warrents no attention from anybody - especially because people getting upset over what they say
is what they want. It's probably not even their fault; they were just raised that way and don't know any other way to act. What is upsetting about that?
