Comments on Endre Stølsvik: Proud America: The Waterboard

@subadei: You didn't give a response to the issue ...

2007-11-05T12:56:00.000+01:00

@subadei: You didn't give a response to the issue at stake. The point of this post is really not the "global hatred of America", but that USA employs fucking torture. Dodging that by pathetically whining about the effects of your practices is so lame that it's provoking.

The left and right issue: I don't find 50% of Americans insane, I find close to 80%-90% of them insane. It is just that I haven't talked to one single non-insane American that's voting right. I actually find it hopeful that your entire country is turning leftward, finally thinking about your poor, sick, elderly and non-whites. You should check up the term "Scandinavian model", and see what that actually employs in regard to business competitiveness etc. But I definitely digress.

PS: In another blog post of mine, a Chilean friend commented that "As Chilean I'd prefer that one referred to USA as "North-America" and not "America". Those swine can't speak for the whole continent! :)". I just wanted to forward the comment, since you write "America" all the time.

PPS: .. and no, I don't have a drakkar in my garage, but I do own a 31" sailing boat!

And Americans aren't a culture of slavering warmon...

2007-11-04T16:45:00.000+01:00

And Americans aren't a culture of slavering warmongers any more than you are a warmongering viking with a draakaar in your garage. The two ideas are equally comical and naive.

The global hatred of America is based on the same ...

2007-11-04T16:42:00.000+01:00

The global hatred of America is based on the same aspects of any hatred. A narrow minded vision of the world around oneself and a degree of ignorance. Your tedious ability to simply lump every American in either the "sane" camp (the left) and the "insane" camp (the right)is very telling. Quite the contrary, the American mainstream does maintain a rather dynamic dialogue when it comes to domestic and geo-politics. A quick look at the rise and fall of politicians during the primary process would well illustrate this.

The extreme left and extreme right are each a very vocal minority. Most in America find themselves somewhere in the middle with a lean one way or the other.

@Scunner: I guess you are one of those "patriotic ...

2007-11-02T09:28:00.000+01:00

@Scunner: I guess you are one of those "patriotic Americans". Your thinking is truly amazing. No.. horrifying.

What you basically say is that there will NEVER be a time on earth where we actually can handle differences without mass murders involved?

Of course, you might be right - but I certainly don't hope so.

And regarding this war: when will it ever be "finished"? You really don't get it? This war will NEVER finish when even the educated, (basically) secular, rich sides of the conflict won't lay down their weapons.

Regarding "we voted for them": do you believe your lovely republicans will be voted in next time? Because they won't. Even the insane 50% of America are starting to see some of the picture that you don't.

Check out The Hawks' own organization PNAC @ http://www.newamericancentury.org/.
The whole idea behind that organization is chilling to the bones.

Check out the signers of the earlier letters, e.g. http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm.

Those same guys were taken pretty much directly into office when Bush took over. And the wording and the logic in that letter is basically what was used as the official stance right away.

But obviously, reading your web page, you love each and every one of those dudes. The global hatred of America these days is NOTHING compared to "how it used to be", so LETS JUST MOVE ON!!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2mnqn9Our healthy leade...

2007-11-02T06:37:00.000+01:00

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2mnqn9

Our healthy leaders don't stop until the war's finished. Not a nanosecond sooner or later. That's why we voted for them.