That’s what France did to Haiti to basically destroy the country forever. So what this person wants has happened more time in history than what we want.
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You call them chips, the rest of the world knows them as facts.
Or should that be crisps?
Your posting in this thread has been diabolical.
You’ve continually straw manned; you’ve disparaged a valid criticism of the film by a Kenyan on the grounds that his English isn’t perfect, which is beyond stupid and is borderline racist. And you have the nerve to talk about good posting.
It would be good to see you give an inch and show some introspection.
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Massachusetts Man
Not wishing to enter the conversation but the way you describe them it would make them bugbears rather that chips on shoulder.
You’re mostly right. I admit I do get incensed when I see people who really know absolutely nothing about foreign matters opinion arrogantly about it, especially Africa which is tragically misunderstood thanks to centuries of racist views formed by the early European settlers that soon became the orthodoxy.
With Americans it’s born of an astonishing ignorance and xenophobia, the result of a huge amount of brainwashing they suffered from early childhood; being forced to sing their stupid national anthem at school every day about how great America is lol.
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That’s super gross, but 20 years in prison?
There are 23 countries and territories in North America.
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Its twice as bad as defacing a Confederate statue, ldo.
Amended, thanks. I won’t argue the toss out of a foreign matter I have nfi about with someone with direct experience of it.
Only someone who has actually lived in North America would understand
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I hear what you’re saying, but the crucial difference is that we non-Yanks get our information about what’s happening in the US mainly from people who are there itf - that’s mainly why we’re here - while the subjects of my post that you’re referring to get their information about the rest of the world from ??? and are unwilling to accept more accurate information because ???
In terms of a solitary film it doesn’t matter so much of course, but it says something important about attitudes.
Pledge of Allegiance is said every morning. We save the National Anthem for sporting events. You are welcome for your freedom.
Daily Pledges of Allegiance, National Anthems - whatever. All nationalist nonsense that has only served to prepare for the inevitable arrival of fascism.
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Sure, there are many levels of nuance in culture that are impossible to describe to outsiders and impossible to absorb even in a few months of being somewhere.
But characterising people as spear-wavers isn’t a nuance.
No I wouldn’t be shocked, because I’ve been told itf before that not all schools do this. I was generalising because it seems quite bizarre to other nationalities. If they tried to impose a morning sing-a-long of the national anthem here kids over a certain age would just mock and ridicule it lol.
So do we have problems with indigenous people using cell phones and GPS while still practicing their religions, wearing native dress, or choosing their leaders based on ancient traditions?
I’m not saying BP is about that, but from an outside observer, would it look similar?
You mean in films? That would probably depend which indigenous people you’re taking about.
Would it shock you to know that not all “indigenous people” wear tribal costumes? Admittedly it doesn’t look so good on film if they’re in jeans and t-shirts.
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There’s also the question of how a) kids are educated about America’s role in WW2 and b) Hollywood’s portrayal of American history.
IANAE in either of these but from conversations I’ve had with Americans over the years who were staunch believers in America alone having saved the world I think there’s ground to believe that a large amount of indoctrination has taken place over a sustained period.
You might suffer from reverse culture shock for a while.