what is it with some of you guys and your aggressive stance towards life? Some wanna drop nukes, others (mis)use the word "nigg...", others quote posts of SWAT manuals, again others hate everything east of the US Atlantic coast and west of the Pacific coast.
Have some of you been born like that? Who raised you like that? I mean we are in the process of a complete globalization. Despite the conflict in the Middle East, and the terror threat, 99.9998 % of the remaining word population does not hate Americans, quite the opposite. Many of the forefathers have been prime example of righteous citizens.
However, your attitude (you= those whom I adress above) now to everything foreign or different than the life you are used to live it, seems to be totally resentful and despising everyone who thinks differently than yourself. There is one thing in the equation I do not get: Either the attitudes of some of you represent an absolute minority of the American mind at large because your elected representatives act quite differently and were the first to push to make countries/cultures/people all over the world meet in one global village, or those representatives are big time liars.
Anyway, people outside the U.S. start wondering. Expressions of openness towards aliens do not seem genuine anymore, at most artificial. Either 9/11 has really changed you and you actually do want to close up your country or you do not. Should the former be true then do not act as hypocrites, but drill your oil domestically, get all your raw materials domestically, produce your cheap products in the U.S. instead of China, and what have you. I know, I push it to the extreme (and its not my opinions) but I tell you that quite a number of nations start to get the impression that the U.S. is willing to take but not willing give.
Those few who attack me for what I said: Why don't you imagine for a second to purchase all the products of daily need MADE IN AMERICA. As a result, you would probably need to sleep under a bridge, as you could not afford the price.
I guess, all I am trying to say is: You want to have the benefit of globalization, enjoy economies of scale, invite the smartest to study and research at your academic institutions: Then do not treat them like sh...., otherwise they could get the impression they are f..... big time in the arse, and surely: No individual on this planet likes that!!!
I know, many are out there who express their openess and respect for others, unlike some (some NOT all) in this thread. I appologize if it came across as if I generalize, but I reflect the opinions of many living in Asian countries, Europe (including England), South America, and Africa.