'You're not putting us in gas chambers, though you'd probably like to?'
Way to shoot down your own argument dude. That's just the kind of bigotry and sweeping generalisation I'd expect from a small-minded human being ie. the act of one particular ruling party in one mid-European country decades and decades ago. Notice I didn't say 'small-minded American'? That would be nationalistic and bigoted. Unlike me, you seem to view the world just like and indeed live by the 'sins of our fathers'. Yes, I acknowledge the fact our forefathers created boundaries and the concept of 'country' through greed, but that's not to say I accept it. The world is, if you please, 'One Country'. The continents aren't some masses of disembodied land floating still upon the oceans, flown in from outer-space with different people/cultures set upon them to live out a life. This 'one country' just so happens to have inhabitable high-rising rocks that jut out above the expanses of wet stuff.
My point - far too many people live on past hatreds/fears that don't involve them and weren't even carried out during their tenure on The Earth. Your sweeping generalisation of 'Europeans' is misguided and you can respond saying your words were 'tongue-in-cheek' but I won't believe you. The entire context of your argument shows you live your life by a red, white and blue flag and pay too much attention to TV, and conveniently read too far into things to solidify your misplaced superiority complex. The film in question - which you really should watch - is a work of fiction. You may see the writer/director as bigoted, but it's the characters you should question. They've purposefully been created to be 'anti-American' as that is, sadly, how some people are - and Bosnian troops conditioned by their respective government could be forgiven for this. And if you actually read into the history of American presence in Bosnia/Macedonia/other Baltic States before making pro-American comments - you'll see that their presence on many occasions has been totally misplaced, unnecessary and at times provoking more trouble than was happening previous to them arriving...
Take down your star-spangled banner and see the world for what it really is, Brother. You may as well be standing up for the rights and welfare of Ethiopians, Romanians and Indigenous Australians than the people who share one particular 'jutting rock' with you. May I quote the late, great Bill Hicks? He's American - so you can claim some kind of ownership to him and his Words if you like... ;)
I was over in Australia and everyone's like "Are you proud to be an American?" And I was like, "Um, I don't know, I didn't have a lot to do with it. You know, my parents *beep* there, that's about all. You know, I was in the spirit realm at that time, going *beep* IN PARIS! *beep* IN PARIS!" but they couldn't hear me, because I didn't have a mouth. I was a spirit without lungs or a mouth, or vocal chords. They *beep* here. Okay, I'm proud. I hate patriotism. I can’t stand it, man. It makes me *beep* sick. It’s a round world last time I checked, okay?
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