I'm american and this show offends me
Almost every other episode seems to imply that america is behind every major outbreak of whatever from the bubonic plague on. It literally lampoons my country and that is offensive.
share Then maybe you should do some historical research on US bio-warfare programs. I ran across "ReGenesis" accidentally when searching Google video for documentaries on this very subject. I'm also American, and probably older than you, but even after reading quite a bit on this subject and traveling overseas, it still came as a shock to learn how many people in numerous nations are resentful, suspicious, or even fearful of the US government. American people are generally well-liked, but not our representatives.
I'm not going to cite all the specific reasons--if you're interested, you should do your own research and reach your own conclusions. But bear in mind that the US has been the largest manufacturer and dealer of military weapons--of all types--for decades. I'd suggest looking into the Anthrax attacks that occurred in the eastern US weeks after the 9/11/01 attacks, or reading up on the Polio and Smallpox vaccine trials done in Africa starting in the late 1950's, along with the Hepatitis B vaccine trials that took place in the US in the late '70's.There is plenty of well-sourced information that may surprise you greatly.
The Tuskegee study of syphilis among Americans of African ancestry, which continued for 25 years after the discovery of penicillin, without using it to treat the subjects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Study_of_Untreated_Syphilis_in_t he_Negro_Male
Eugenics. Not bio-warfare, but definitely science gone mad. In this country, it captured a good part of the intelligentia's imagination, before Adolph got hold of it and took over Europe with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics#United_States
Speaking for my Cherokee ancestors, and as one who is proud of my country's freedoms and my fellow citizens, I believe the US has a great deal to be ashamed of in the history of its governments' policies, and in a minority of its citizens' actions. On balance, pride vs. shame, I would not presume to be Justice, blindfolded, with a set of scales in my hand.
I lived through the Civil Rights wars as a young man, and I am proud to see, among *many* other things, what our electoral process has produced in Washington DC. Let the dead bury the dead, I guess.
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it still came as a shock to learn how many people in numerous nations are resentful, suspicious, or even fearful of the US government. American people are generally well-liked, but not our representatives.
I am Canadian and I always found it puzzling how many Americans are oblivious to what their government does outside of their country. Even when they are told about it, they dismiss it because they don't believe it or are indifferent to it. share
The post above yours is a great example of it.
C I Am Not a 'Chicken shiet'