Don't say you've done your research unless you really, truly have. Also, hearing it on TV or learning it in school doesn't count, because they are government controlled (or at least influenced) entities.
Isn't this claim hypocritical coming from someone that was born and spent their entire life in the U.S.?
Why do people so readily accept this without actually knowing if it's the truth?
Since I know people will want to attack me, I'm going to put the disclaimer up right now: I am not saying America is the best or that it's not or that it's good or bad. I am only asking if it is hypocritical to make that claim, and why people so readily accept it as truth.
2006-08-09 19:41:18 · 13 answers · asked by Brianman3 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Those that HAVE lived elsewhere and make the claim, I respect. Those that have not lived elsewhere, but still make that claim, I do not.
And come on, any country is better than Afghanistan. That IS no brainer. How do you know U.S. is better than Canada, Germany, Switzerland, or Norway?
2006-08-09 19:49:39 · update #1
Look at who this direction is asked. I don't need answers from people that HAVE lived elsewhere. Thanks, anyway.
2006-08-09 19:51:08 · update #2
Also notice that I said "The best" and not "great". There is a difference. Please, people. Focus!
2006-08-09 19:54:40 · update #3
if you have never lived elsewhere you have no comparison, therefore america really is the best to you. Relativity applies to more than just physics. when you ask a question you really have to think about the perspective of the person who responds to it.
2006-08-09 19:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by Solomon Dump 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
T.V., news, internet, blogs, travel sites and forums, political forums, books, classes in school, life experiences, people from other countries who migrated in the U.S. who tell me that they left their country because things were bad over there, same with the country my family and I left 17 years ago, etc... You don't necessarily have to live in another country to know that your country is great. Also, the fact that I live in the U.S. and love the U.S. makes me somewhat bias in saying that I think the U.S. is the greatest country in the world because this it how I am used to living and life is good so far. Plus it is hard to compare most great Westernized countries because they all have lots of positives and some negatives.
2006-08-09 19:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by danielcrna 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 06:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol
you are like a demanding teacher.
focus people, focus.
I've lived in other countries, so I can't respond. wait. yes, i agree, they are hypocrites!!
Oh, is Guam, while a US territory, still "living in America". I lived there for a couple years. Pretty nice place. Lived in Canada also. Should I just get out my scrapbook?? lol
2006-08-09 20:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy. I read books and watch television. The world is now a small place. I would, for example, rather live in West Virginia (a third world country in terms of medical care) than, say, Afghanistan. It is a no-brainer.
2006-08-09 19:46:42 · answer #5 · answered by rayhanks2260 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they say experience is the best teacher. I was born in the United States and has been traveling since i was a youngster. 33 Countries later spanning Europe, Asia, parts of Africa; yes America is the greatest nation blessed by God in my humble eyes.
2006-08-09 19:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by bigmahi22 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK OK...... I will tell you, I am from Kuwait, and I have lived in the US for 6 years for school purposes. I have lived in the United Arab Emirates, and I gotta tell ya, as soon as I am done with school, I am going back to Kuwait, and I can't wait. And the UAE, it's heaven on earth. Kuwait, 1 more year left until I am back.
2006-08-09 20:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Jamil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in other countries like england, south africa, korea and Japan. I am korean and I think america is the best. In japan they coverup the truth about their rutheless of brutality during WWII. In korea you reallly you really do not have a freedom of speech.
2006-08-09 19:48:14 · answer #8 · answered by KrazyK784 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People have been brainwashed that America is Land of Freedom & Land of Opportunities .
2006-08-09 19:49:20 · answer #9 · answered by shanghai68 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Been there done that give me the good ole USA
2006-08-09 19:47:20 · answer #10 · answered by mark g 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋