Originally posted here by Tiger Shark
HT: Your quote: "well first of all I'm holding the same person responsible that everyone else I know is.... " Do you _know_ anyone outside your little group of friends.... No... Didn't think so..... Be quiet.... you just placed yourself in the group of rabid anti-Americans I was talking about in a different thread...... Grow up.... Have daddy spank you please..... you need it.
That was the attack I was talking about.. I take great pride in the fact that I hate no one, however I do dislike the majority of Americans. I grew up in a border town and dealt with them a daily basis, so my dislike was well formulated... not just based on my opinions. I watched 19 and 20 years olds come across the bridge to get drunk and then do nothing but drive around town trying to pick fights. I watched them drive on our roads and fail to use signal lights, or turn right on a red. I saw lots of things to make me dislike the majority of them. You can say Canadians do the same things, and I'll agree that there are probably many that do. However the majority of Canadians I have been in contact with have not acted in this way, where as the majority of Americans have.

And yes I am younger than 35, welcome to the new generation...

Now that I see you are "a good chunk past 35", your comments make a little more sense. I realize how hard it is to see the world changing around you when you have an inability to change with it. I see it happen to elderly people around me all the time. Why does it always seem that past generations are all gung-ho about war, where as younger people tend to prefer peaceful resolutions? Especially since you've seen the affects of war first hand, you should realize that it's never a good idea. I feel sorry for you... You call us silly little children who's parents need to learn how to instill discipline, in reality we're your future. We're sick of hearing about YOUR wars, about the problems created by YOUR generation. I don't care if you are Canadian, English, American... youth everywhere feel the same and no that isn't based on my "little group of friends". It's based on forums I visit, websites I view, people on icq/msn, people in my community, and people on the news. Welcome to the future. You will always have your war mongers, but their numbers are dying down. I don't want to see my friends and family, brothers and sisters, going off to fight in some far off land, and dying for a useless cause. I don't give a rats ass (pardon the language) how they run their country, I'm concerned with my own. If my country were problem free and operating ideally, then yes... We would have a right to intervene, but until then we have no more right than the next guy. This is my problem with America. They have high crime rates, the highest gun-related murder rates, and many people living below the poverty level. Yet they want to spend tax payer money on another country, rather than dealing with their own. They want to sweep their own problems under the carpet and pretend they don't exist.

Anyways.. I could keep going, but I'm 5 hours away from test time and I really should be studying..

Peace.