What makes you ashamed of your country?

Answer 1

Nothing (Australia)

Answer 2

As it has been written and said, it is
neither a country, nor a single person.

What we in the alleged, "United" States
call our, "President," is a mere human
being who is going through the motions
of being a leader, or decision "maker".

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Is it nothing short of mass deception--a genocide
of a nation of people's rational thought--that
even though probably half these people
would admit to knowing that virtually
every decision which comes to pass
--concerning what we, the citizens are
told via media outlets--through
Mr. Bush's elicitation, had been
constructed with extreme precision
by other people (ie, constituents, investors,
heavy-handed corporate genius planners),
and yet, he remains the focus of the
people of America as Leader of Freedom,
high chief and President of the U.S. of A.

This man, whose father "served" as the same,
is a temporary figure in the permanent
history of all of humanity.

So, to answer: "My" country is a beautiful,
potential-laden place which I'm boundlessly
grateful to live in.

My "president" seems to come off as a
virtual illiterate, who somehow I would
bet, could successfully try a case.

How's that for an oxymoron? Ambivalent yet?

Why am I ashamed? Not a person. Not a country.

Rather, it is the bewildering fact of the acceptance,
by the people, all of us, of the myriad plethora of
elements that, given any thought, are the
core of which could destroy our very souls.

These include the rampant to-hell-with-itism
apathies which have found themselves
within too many of us--note I write, "us"--
from the endless extremist political barbs
to the abject idiocy propagated on television
to the lackluster logic of PCness within the
entire "Global Concept" which has permeated
business, academia, and culture, to the puree
of bickering within religious communities.

Consider the helpless infant.

Now think: When exactly did Your bitterness set in,
how soon after Your toddlership?

And yet some people, of absolute equal value,
believe to their beings that there isn't a God,
and infancy is merely a stage of life.

It comes down to opinion. Eternal questions remain:
If you and I of different religions or rationales serve a
loving God, or reason at its purest, then why have
the headlines for decades read of bombs in
schools, and everywhere abroad?

Who are we acting to please?

Human nature is both wondrous and terrible, to be sure,
and as a result, idealism is out of its element
on the frontlines.

Cliches abound, but can "Be the change you
wish to see" be topped?

Change implies conflict. Is it better we become
ostriches, our heads in the sand? Is asphyxiation
the way to go?

How can we in good conscience continue to
accept that which we know is not at least par
with what could and should be?

If only I knew the answer.

Capitalism, like humanity, can be a wondrous
thing, a beautiful and constructive tool.
But as long as capitalism's chief
premise for the survival of its essence
remains based on "public opinion,"
we will continue in the downturn of
our vortex of confusion.

And yet, can legitimate democracy be bettered?

Meantime we waver, between the blessing
creed of "Love Your Neighbor," and the ancient
maxim of ambitious undertones, "Do What You Will".

All I can do is Thank God--and this country's liberty--
that I can both write these words and have utter
faith that I will live in peace to see tomorrow.

Answer 3

I'm ashamed at how we are so dived in this country in a time of war. The veterans of WW2 must be dying listening to all this anti Bush anti war from a bunch of people who have done nothing to make this country a better place to live or anything to protect it. Our older people can remember giving up their car tires, silver, pots and pans, and many of the conveniences of life to support a war and they all stuck together and saved the world from tyrants. Now we just bash America and it's President and give a morale boost to the enemy and don't care about the Country or the world others have given their lives, their sons, their brothers and their husbands to defend and protect. It is a disrespectful embarassment to those who have given so much and we just gripe and let it all go. God help us.

Answer 4

Hypocrisy . For instance on these pages there is a lot of talk about muslims and immigrants not embracing British culture and living within their own communites yet when you go to popular holiday resorts in Spain you find British ex pats who run bars and clubs etc that are British themed and don't bother to intigrate themselves with that countries culture and traditions or learn the language Also people from Britain who go on holiday there spend their time in these places rather than tradional Spanish establishments

Answer 5

Bristol - rioting interior the streets to overthrow an evil dictatorship, the enhance and upward thrust of Tesco cities all over the country, severe street shops ultimate, determination dwindling, even whilst the locals do no longer choose it Tesco has the money and the legal specialists to maintain on and on suitable until the community councils run out of money and rigidity themselves on an unwilling public, whilst all the different shops have closed there is not any longer something! Viva Waitrose!

Answer 6

Current Leadership

Answer 7

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Answer 8

not necessarily 'ashamed' but embarrassed...

Czech republic:

- how we treated our war veterans after the WW2
- how the transition from communism to capitalism happened ( a lot greedy people who took advantage of the situation and did a lot of damage to the country's economy)
- politicians and their endless/ senseless/ personal disputes and a lack of will to get stuff done
- politicians' inability to stand up for our own country in certain situations...
(e.g. ... the US radar ... we're not Russia's 'territory' anymore... and we don't need to listen to the US either... we are a sovereign country.... not just some 'radar placement' territory...)...

Answer 9

I am ashamed of the UK because we came out at the bottom of the recent UNICEF report on how richer countries treat children.

Answer 10

poor political system and the people in the government!!
i mean not all but those people who are in the politics with bad agenda!!!
thats really made me so ashamed that i came from this country..
and also the manual election counting!!

Answer 11

Canada, our medical system is going for a crap because we are being privatized and following the examples of the good old USofA It's getting to the point if your monthly premium is not paid up. Too bad you can die on the doorstep of your local hospital.