i didn't intend to pose arguments for my opinions, just state my opinions, and superficially at that. but stuart is one of my all time favorite songs so who gives a fuck. i don't hate where i live, i don't hate my fellow countrymen. alot of them are stupid fuck zombies that don't know how to think for themselves but i don't hate them. i hate the concept of "america". i hate the values of mainstream america. i hate all the evils america has pushed on it's neighbors. that is why im not patriotic, which was my only real point i think. but im very greatful i get the luxury alot of other humans don't get.

and the analogy of the culture is irrelevant. what if i forgot to put on my clothes today and tried to go to school naked. i would probably get arrested and taken to jail. the culture in the middle east is different from ours. it's sanctions, laws, and religions are different from ours. im sure there are people there who think their culture oppresses them, but they have the choice to comply or not. just like i don't think it's wrong for me to grow pot in my house and get stoned every evening, but my government will put me in jail for a lengthy amount of time for doing it. it's a part of my culture. and their culture will have it's own social norms and it's own sanctions for breaking those norms.

as far as what you say america does for foriegners, im sure there's alot. but if america sanctions countrys and thousands of children starve or die because of a lack of food and medicine your not going to hear it on the evening news. when american companies are alowed to buy out all the local buisnesses, factories, and work place so they control the economy of a certain area it's not going to make headlines. and this happens all over the world. imagine if a foriegn company came to your town and bought out all the restaruants, factories, and buisnessess and you had no where to work. then they build there own factories and buisnesses and they control the job market. so you go and try and get a job to support your family. they say you can make shoes eight in the morning till eight at night and they'll give you two dollars a day. and your left with two choices, work 12 hour days, 7 days a week for fourteen bucks or don't work at all. american companies do this all over the world, including the middle east. they also sanction any country they feel poses any sort of threat. they do this in the name of "national security". and people suffer, and people die. but again this isn't going to be on twenty/twenty. your not going to hear it at the state of the nation. president bush won't make a special airing describing all the ills america is causing. all you hear are the good things, and everyone is kept happy and ignorant. and when a man with a cause comes along and declares war on the criminal america, he's labeled a terrorist.