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Mar 23, 2003, 4:38am

Too many Americans seem not to see where at least much of
the problems worldwide come from, they are home-made.

Sending humanitary help to seelected countries + sending
weapons to crisis regions + sending bombs is a strange
combination. Especially sending weapons to critical countries
is very dangerous.

Germany exports weapons too and I am mad about it - but at
least sending them to crisis regions isn't allowed - although
some companies still do it, illegally.


But anti-american? This FAS page is the Federation of American
Scientists and I'm quite sure they are not anti-american.
Critical against governements that profit from wars, more
honest than the usual press, seeing danger potential more
clearly - I think it would help America stay out of political
trouble if those scientists would have a bigger audience.


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Mar 23, 2003, 6:29am

Knowing this person as I do, I've come to decide he's more concerned about
what's happening in the world than he is anti-American. Being American as I
am I happen to have a little more faith in the controls in place in our
government than he might (maybe not as much faith in our current president
as some do though...and I get to say that). To have blind faith just means
you are probably not well informed. I sometimes have my concerns, too. I
think you'd have to be a US citizen to look at things quite the way we do
but one thing about it-you get to have different opinions. I guess it's only
fair that we allow everyone to share his own point of view, and in this case
he was only passing on found information. Now I'm waving my white flag, no
more of this particular AW newsgroup war for me.

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Mar 23, 2003, 4:04pm

> Sending humanitary help to seelected countries + sending
> weapons to crisis regions + sending bombs is a strange
> combination. Especially sending weapons to critical countries
> is very dangerous.

That region has been at war since the beginning of civilization, do you really think
that Europeans are going to stop it? Please.

--Bowen--

Mar 23, 2003, 4:21pm

I don't deny the fact that everyone here has a right to their opinion, and I am VERY well informed when It comes to such matters as
are involved here.

What I DO object to, is this ongoing america(n)-bashing campaign........ at least in here

AW is a mutli cultural venue, for the most part.... many people from many countries, races, religion, backgrounds, etc. That much we
all know...

But I personally feel that AW really may not be the best place for all this arguement.
I feel that all this does is create bad feelings, suspicions, anger, and even hate towards others here.
No matter how well we think we "know" those others, we truly cannot without real personal interaction.
Words are so easly typed and sent aloft into the ether we call the internet...

I for one come here to enjoy some of my spare time, to unwind after a long day at work, whatever.
I enjoy chatting with my friends from all over the world immensely, As do I enjoy modelling and building my own worlds.

What it all boils down to, is the fact that I think most of us would agree that we come here for some manner of enjoyment.

But all this dissention and negative talk takes so much of that enjoyment away.

I'm sure I can't be the only one who feels this way.......

Can't we just leave all the politics and such for more appropriate places and come here to enjoy ourselves.

I thought that's what AW was supposed to be about

Perhaps I'm wrong.........




What bothers me is the fact that all this debate, arguement, hostility, whatever you'd like to call it,
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Mar 24, 2003, 8:06am

I think one problem is that people are taking everything personally.
For example if I say " America is acting against international law by
attacking a country", people will somehow take it as I say they have
personally comitted a crime, when in fact I am refering to the goverment. I
guess I sometimes cause this kind of confusion, maybe because my limited
knowledge about english language. I just do not feel like typing out " the
current political leadership and its foreign politic" , it is just so much
more simply to say americans.

Not sure if AW is a place to debate it, but as I go to a bar or shop and
whomever I talk with, Iraq comes up, so I do not see why not here, since it
is in the mind of most people.

Drac
johnny b <jbitt2ATjunoDOTcom> kirjoitti
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> I don't deny the fact that everyone here has a right to their opinion, and
I am VERY well informed when It comes to such matters as
> are involved here.
>
> What I DO object to, is this ongoing america(n)-bashing campaign........
at least in here
>
> AW is a mutli cultural venue, for the most part.... many people from many
countries, races, religion, backgrounds, etc. That much we
> all know...
>
> But I personally feel that AW really may not be the best place for all
this arguement.
> I feel that all this does is create bad feelings, suspicions, anger, and
even hate towards others here.
> No matter how well we think we "know" those others, we truly cannot
without real personal interaction.
> Words are so easly typed and sent aloft into the ether we call the
internet...
>
> I for one come here to enjoy some of my spare time, to unwind after a long
day at work, whatever.
> I enjoy chatting with my friends from all over the world immensely, As do
I enjoy modelling and building my own worlds.
>
> What it all boils down to, is the fact that I think most of us would agree
that we come here for some manner of enjoyment.
>
> But all this dissention and negative talk takes so much of that enjoyment
away.
>
> I'm sure I can't be the only one who feels this way.......
>
> Can't we just leave all the politics and such for more appropriate places
and come here to enjoy ourselves.
>
> I thought that's what AW was supposed to be about
>
> Perhaps I'm wrong.........
>
>
>
>
> What bothers me is the fact that all this debate, arguement, hostility,
whatever you'd like to call it,
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