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**Chemical Ollie** · April 4, 2003, 06:41

Why does the anger of other people make Americans surprised? You started a war of aggression against the will of the rest of the world. What did you expect?

**muppet** · April 4, 2003, 07:48

It is not the anger that is surprising.
It is the unabashed vocalness of children

Aren't they just so precious.

**flash9286** · April 4, 2003, 08:24

Why does the anger of other people make Americans surprised? You started a war of aggression against the will of the rest of the world. What did you expect?

Suprise they attacked kids. We started a war that needed to be started. I bet u didnt no that more countries are in the coalition that the first gulf war.

Btw: Ill look for more realible news scouce when i get home.

**Daz** · April 4, 2003, 08:54

I tend to dissagree that the motivation was because the USA started an "unjust" war. I think its the french thing.

**Sikander** · April 4, 2003, 09:17

Originally posted by Tingkai

Yeah right. American sport fans routinely boo the Canadian national anthem,even when we were supporting the war in Afghanistan, even right after four Canadians were killed by an American pilot.

We don't go around screaming about how the Americans are anti-Canadian. We don't go around screaming about how we should cut our trade links. We don't even retaliate. More often then not, if American fans boo our anthem, we respond by cheering their anthem just to prove how civilized we are.

Routinely boo Oh! Canada? I grew up in Michigan and I have never seen this. Is it something new?

**Cyclotron** · April 4, 2003, 13:14

Originally posted by Frogger
Bull****. Have you even watched CNN in the last 3 months?

No, not much. CNN is bull****.

First off, nothing the *******s did was illegal. It wasn't violent and it wasn't destructive.

No ****, that's exactly what I said. Please quote me where I said any of this was illegal. I thought I made it pretty clear that it was not...

Secondly, you've got supposedly respectable columnists and commentators on air (on a station received around the world, BTW) using ethnic stereotypes to depict Europeans and looking rather pleased with themselves.

What are you watching, Fox News? I have yet to see a TV commentator use ethnic stereotypes about anybody on American TV.

Thirdly, your congressmen have been out in full force lately wrapping hatred in the American flag. And unlike here, they aren't fired or forced to apologise; they're lauded for it.

That's also BS. A boycott is neither racist nor hateful, it's just not very smart. In contrast, the kind of behavior exhibited by these Canadians was hateful, and not justified in any way.

And further along the BS trail...

Yeah right. American sport fans routinely boo the Canadian national anthem,even when we were supporting the war in Afghanistan, even right after four Canadians were killed by an American pilot.

What are you talking about? I have not seen this around. Most people here don't even know that Canada isn't part of the coalition.

We don't go around screaming about how the Americans are anti-Canadian.

No, but apparently you do go around screaming how the "US sucks." That, if anything, is worse.

We don't go around screaming about how we should cut our trade links. We don't even retaliate. More often then not, if American fans boo our anthem, we respond by cheering their anthem just to prove how civilized we are.

No, you don't. You boo our anthem far more than we do yours, but that's neither here nor there.

If you don't call the topic of this thread "retaliation" in the way you mean it, I see no reason why I should give validity to anything else you have said here.

If we are such bigots, why don't you post some articles of American bigoted acts?

**Garth Vader** · April 4, 2003, 13:42

This is a link from the booing on the day funerals started for the 4 Canadians killed in Afghanistan.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/04-02/04-23-02/c05sp104.htm

If we could stop focusing on the fringe whackos who want attention maybe this could all blow over. (ironic statement given that I just provided this link

)

**Kontiki** · April 4, 2003, 14:32

Originally posted by flash9286
We started a war that needed to be started. I bet u didnt no that more countries are in the coalition that the first gulf war.

Btw: Ill look for more realible news scouce when i get home.

A) Needed to be started according to whom?

B) Utter crap about the sizes of the coalition. First, try counting the number of countries making an active military contribution (and, while you're at it, look at what those countries represent). Then, realize that the first Gulf War was fully UN sanctioned, and the de facto list of supporting countries was the vast majority of all UN member states.

**flash9286** · April 4, 2003, 16:14

A) Needed to be started according to whom?

Un resolution 1441

B) Utter crap about the sizes of the coalition. First, try counting the number of countries making an active military contribution (and, while you're at it, look at what those countries represent). Then, realize that the first Gulf War was fully UN sanctioned, and the de facto list of supporting countries was the vast majority of all UN member states.

We dont need military contributions, the Us military can more than handle iraq

**Chemical Ollie** · April 4, 2003, 16:32

Originally posted by flash9286

Suprise they attacked kids. We started a war that needed to be started. I bet u didnt no that more countries are in the coalition that the first gulf war.

Btw: Ill look for more realible news scouce when i get home.

Only 2 countries bring useful troops AFAIK. Another 30 or so send symbolic navy ships or just declare war against Iraq in a symbolic way. The UN has about 200 members, and most of them are against the war.

Even Sweden was a part of the first war, which purpose was to PUNISH a war of aggression. We sent a very useful field hospital and a (symbolic, I admit it

) navy ship. We are not a part of it this time. It is a war of aggression, and it's only objective is to unite the American people against a common enemy to win Bush a second term.

It's wimpy to feel pity for your own kids hearing harsh words in Canada, when your neighburs' sons and daughters are literally shredding Iraqi kids to hamburger meat with bombs and heavy machine guns. Many of those American soldiers who get home safely will still end up in mental institutions to heal what they have done.

**Spec** · April 4, 2003, 16:44

It's clear that the cowardly French are hopelessly corrupt whether they stay in little France or spread their germs to other countries.

No, THAT is just sad...

Who says that kind of stuff? And they wonder why we booed them.

It's not only because of the war that we hate them, it's because of how they act. Boycotting France because they dont agree is one BIG reason.

Think people, THINK!

Spec.

**Kontiki** · April 4, 2003, 20:27

Originally posted by flash9286

Un resolution 1441

An interpretation the majority of the world does not share.

We dont need military contributions, the Us military can more than handle iraq

Then why did you bring up that stupid and incorrect point in the first place? Anyway you choose to look at it, this coalition is far smaller than during the first Gulf War.

**Chemical Ollie** · April 4, 2003, 20:49

Originally posted by Kontiki

An interpretation the majority of the world does not share.

Then why did you bring up that stupid and incorrect point in the first place? Anyway you choose to look at it, this coalition is far smaller than during the first Gulf War.

Yeah, let them eat **** and die...

**notyoueither** · April 4, 2003, 21:11

Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre
Yeah, let them eat **** and die...

Who?

**Kontiki** · April 4, 2003, 21:17

Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre

Yeah, let them eat **** and die...

And what?

Announcement

Taking it a little too far

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