[Knight Templar]

[This ain't a political discussion thread as much as it is a polling. So don't delete it please, and don't ****ing chastise people's opinions either, just answer the question]

Okay, I already know the answer from most of you, but here's the deal.

I'm writing an article in the school newspaper about people who live outside the US and their opinions on us, be it out foreign policy, government, people, etc. So, being that I frequent here a lot, I figure I'd ask you guys instead of being vague and uninformative, telling our students that people from sandy countries want to kill us and people from cold places think we are lazy, although I'm sure it'd be news to a few of them.

So, post away. Try to make it civil /quotable too, please. That way I can include you.

Also, if you could include a real-life name of some sort, I don't care if it's the one that you use or not, I just don't want to it seem like I asked people on gaming and pr0n forums for their opinion on the US for something that is supposed to be semi-professional. Thanks.

(To those who saw this on NW or SG, I figured I could get a larger polling here too.)

[Taristin]

Good luck.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Good luck, man. I'd help, but I live in States, and Don't have much of an opinion other than 'Sucks.'

[Rictor]

I'm from somewhere cold, and I think Americans are lazy.
Just use what I posted on NW (as for a name, an actual one) feel free to use...Dan...
...wow, that was even less imaginative than I had anticipated.

[Flipside]

I think most of the 'debaters' have actually had their say, so you may get some interesting variations here

[Knight Templar]

Indeed.

Also, did I mention I need this witihn the next, say, five hours?

[Taristin]

Ask Tin can. He may not know he's part of the US and he's opinionated anyway.

[Lightspeed]

I dont think I'd want to comment.

[Grey Wolf]

As I'm a resident of NYS, that means you don't need my input.

[Knight Templar]

Okay guys, really, leave your foreign opinion or shut up.

Please.

[GoulMeister]

well people here are very cynnical of america, you americans seem uninformed of other parts of the world and think you can impose your views on everyone else, and that whole calling yourselves the leader of the free world thing is really annoying as the rest of the world does not follow america lead.  also my name is Mr Smith

[Singh]

Well, dont know much of what other people think, but personally, I'd say that Americans are acting a bit too....'spoilt' when it comes to international relations. The general attitude I get from tourists who visited India is 'how horrible' and 'how tragic' when it comes to the state of affairs, which I find surprising. This is especially since they keep complaining of how things are horrible back home and then make it such that we're supposed to take it as being more important than whatever happens here.

It's this ignorance and general 'holier-than-thou' attitude that annoys me the most, especially when they flaunt it right into your face.

My name is Mr. Singh.

[IceFire]

Here's what hopefully is my short response.

I live in Canada.  I live 1 hour from the border...as do many Canadians.  So American's are a very close next door neighbor and we pay as much attention to what goes on in your country as we do in what goes on in our country.

I've visited the US many times...its a good country, lots to explore, lots to see, but I don't think I'd want to ever live there.

The number of run down houses, areas, and even entire cities is something that I wasn't prepared for as a tourist not always being on the beaten track.  Some things don't seem to get the care down there that they tend to get a bit more of up here.  Some of the social and education policies down there don't really appeal to me...Canadian healthcare may be the biggest issue facing our country but I think most Canadians believe in having a publically funded system.  Same goes for subsidized universities and educational institutions...the tuition Americans pay for higher-education is astronomical and rediculous.  And frankly, Americans in general, seem way too uptight about alchohaul and sexuality in entertainment and not worried enough about rediculous levels of violence.  I guess it boils down to lobby groups.

Anyways...the United States and Americans...generally good neighbors to Canada...we don't always get along but thats alright and I think we probably wouldn't have it any other way.

[Rictor]

We have subsidized Universities?
Tell that to my $6000 student loan, or to the $40,000 student loan I'll probably have next year.

And I don't think Ice should count, Canucks are basically like Americans only more polite and attracted to hockey.

[Black Wolf]

Not very high, put it that way. You'd be surprised how often the topic of America comes up around here, and how rarely the discussion is complimentary.

In short, your country is generally seen as arrogant, overbearing, inward looking to the point of isolationist and, to be entirely honest, none too clever. I mean, I've associated with many americans, both online and in person (especially over the last year) and I've found them largely to be reasonably sensible, normal people. But I'm also fully aware that the people I normally associate with are not entirely representative of the country. These are people who care enough that the rest of the world exists to want to see other parts of it, and I know that for every reasonable, intelligent American I meet there are a dozen gun toting, flag waving, half educated born again fundies waiting in the wings.

Oh, and electing Bush didn't help much either.

[Taristin]

I hope I'm one of the sensible ones...  *wants to move to Australia*

[Kosh]

My opinion doesn't count since I live in the US.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Originally posted by Raa
Ask Tin can. He may not know he's part of the US and he's opinionated anyway.

Ass hole....

And you can quote me on that...

[Ace]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.


Ass hole....

And you can quote me on that...

Baby Bush cries when people swear...

[01010]

It's a shame, the Bush re-election just proves to the world what a lot of them think, that Americans are homophobic, right wing, bible thumping, war mongering morons. You have your bible belt to thank for that one.

Currently I think there are a lot of people outside of the US that have a hell of a lot of sympathy for the people that didn't vote for Bush. I know I do.

On a personal level, I have absolutely no problem with American PEOPLE (besides your average christian fundamentalist), however I and a lot of people like me despise your administration and I personally hate what they have done to people's opinions of Americans worldwide.

Oh yeah, if you want to quote any of this then my name is Daniel and I'm from the UK.