Originally posted by Blumiere
Realistically, you're probably good people and it's a great place to live.
Stereotypically and critically, worded in a way bound to anger a few people who don't understand that this isn't necessarily my explicit view of your home but a loose analysis of my peeves:
Your health care system is abysmal and the only thing stopping me from visiting the US is the fear of being hit by a car and having to pay thousands of dollars for just the ride to the hospital. Get free health care already.
The right to bear arms? You don't need such a radical form of self defense. You wouldn't need guns to defend yourselves from other people with guns if they didn't have guns. When guns were legal here in Australia, they were swiftly banned nation wide after one massacre in Port Arthur. It's taken multiple tragedies in the US for states to start limiting gun usage rather than scrapping it completely. I would not want to live in a country where the fear of death is everywhere.
Do it like we do: outline rights through legislation and common law and dispute them in the judicary under an unlawful act rather than an unconsitutional act. We don't need to start a referendum every time we want to progress the wording of our rights.
Politically and economically, you guys are the worst of them all. You are not living in the land of the free, you are living in the land of the corrupt and the land of the puppeteers. I've seen some damn crazy politicians features in the news here that embarrass me so much I need to change the channel. How can such ignorant people be elected into parliaments? What's worse is that these polticians and Americans themselves are controlled by their corporations rather than taking a stand and trying to equalise wages and distribute wealth to better the lower class. Your police forces get away with murder during rampages and receive promotions for their valiant efforts. What's even more frustrating is that you guys try to infect us with your corruption by reaching out to our countries and other countries in attempt to influence them in favour of your laws. The Megaupload debacle comes to mind where he, despite not being a resident of the US, was nearly dragged to the US to be trialled, from what I would guess, unfairly, after doing nothing wrong during the whole process of arrest and denied his rights after the police, again, screwed up the process of detainment.
I hate how influential people think the US can be simply for being the US.
Lastly is your patriotism. If there's one thing I detest in the world it's being patriotic. Loving your country is one thing, but wanting to create an embodiment of it just so you can kiss its feet in love and respect? I hate the group-think mentality Americans have where, say, a soldier dies, and everyone must mourn that soldier for he defended our great country and he died honorably! I saw a Youtube video of an ex-armyman who died minutes after opting to buy some little kid who he didn't even know some lunch at a restaurant. The report was 75% explaining how he fought for the country during times of war and 25% of what actually happened. Has patriotism become such a necessary feature of being American that one cannot respect another without blabbing on about it? As Americans you have the right to be proud of yourselves but it doesn't have to be so damn rampant.
That's what I think of America off the top of my head. I can honestly find no positive of being American in comparison to being Australian. Everything about where I live, from the gap in wages, health care, politics ... I'd say you're a pretty corrupt country and you don't even realise how bad you have it.
Stereotypically and critically, worded in a way bound to anger a few people who don't understand that this isn't necessarily my explicit view of your home but a loose analysis of my peeves:
Your health care system is abysmal and the only thing stopping me from visiting the US is the fear of being hit by a car and having to pay thousands of dollars for just the ride to the hospital. Get free health care already.
The right to bear arms? You don't need such a radical form of self defense. You wouldn't need guns to defend yourselves from other people with guns if they didn't have guns. When guns were legal here in Australia, they were swiftly banned nation wide after one massacre in Port Arthur. It's taken multiple tragedies in the US for states to start limiting gun usage rather than scrapping it completely. I would not want to live in a country where the fear of death is everywhere.
Do it like we do: outline rights through legislation and common law and dispute them in the judicary under an unlawful act rather than an unconsitutional act. We don't need to start a referendum every time we want to progress the wording of our rights.
Politically and economically, you guys are the worst of them all. You are not living in the land of the free, you are living in the land of the corrupt and the land of the puppeteers. I've seen some damn crazy politicians features in the news here that embarrass me so much I need to change the channel. How can such ignorant people be elected into parliaments? What's worse is that these polticians and Americans themselves are controlled by their corporations rather than taking a stand and trying to equalise wages and distribute wealth to better the lower class. Your police forces get away with murder during rampages and receive promotions for their valiant efforts. What's even more frustrating is that you guys try to infect us with your corruption by reaching out to our countries and other countries in attempt to influence them in favour of your laws. The Megaupload debacle comes to mind where he, despite not being a resident of the US, was nearly dragged to the US to be trialled, from what I would guess, unfairly, after doing nothing wrong during the whole process of arrest and denied his rights after the police, again, screwed up the process of detainment.
I hate how influential people think the US can be simply for being the US.
Lastly is your patriotism. If there's one thing I detest in the world it's being patriotic. Loving your country is one thing, but wanting to create an embodiment of it just so you can kiss its feet in love and respect? I hate the group-think mentality Americans have where, say, a soldier dies, and everyone must mourn that soldier for he defended our great country and he died honorably! I saw a Youtube video of an ex-armyman who died minutes after opting to buy some little kid who he didn't even know some lunch at a restaurant. The report was 75% explaining how he fought for the country during times of war and 25% of what actually happened. Has patriotism become such a necessary feature of being American that one cannot respect another without blabbing on about it? As Americans you have the right to be proud of yourselves but it doesn't have to be so damn rampant.
That's what I think of America off the top of my head. I can honestly find no positive of being American in comparison to being Australian. Everything about where I live, from the gap in wages, health care, politics ... I'd say you're a pretty corrupt country and you don't even realise how bad you have it.
I'm glad that you're happy with your home country of Australia, Blumiere. Just keep in mind that comparing American issues to Australian issues is like comparing Apples to Oranges. The problems and conflicts are SO different and involve different solutions. You may not understand why America deals with certain issues just as I won't understand why Australia deals with its problems.
Super Mario Bros. 3: The New Journey.
Feel free to check out my SMB3 project. Finished and ready for you to play! :)
Cinnamon Hills- SMW Hack
AJ Blaster Master V1.1- Blaster Master Hack
Metroid: Dark Alliance- Blaster Master Hack (Level Design)