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Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.08.27 09:46:00 - [1] Edited by: Jim McGregor on 27/08/2007 09:54:21 http://helptheiraq.ytmnd.com/ No way this is true. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pltgk3Y0Omw Or maybe it is... if you watch the video you get worried... :) So if this is true, why is this happening? --- Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
Daedalus DuGalle Gallente University of Caille	Posted - 2007.08.27 09:54:00 - [2] 1) She's not there for her brains. At least thats my understandings 2) One of my Fav TV shows Originally by: Janu Hull Nothing says gritty cynicism like a 1 ISK note wedged between a pair of silicone enhanced knockers.
Cornucopian Gallente Dutch Omega United Freemen Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.27 09:54:00 - [3] I bet it is. USA teaches nothing of the rest of the world to it's kids. No global history, no global topography, they're famous for it. I mean, even the NY Times only has 1 page on foreign affairs, most of which centres on Iraq: and that publication is supposed to be of extremely high quality (I'm sure it IS quality stuff, as far as the USA is concerned). American policy creates an inwards view. foreign knowledge just isnt something USA focuses on. it's a well known phenomenon that the most powerful nation in the world doesnt GIVE jack, or KNOW jack about the rest of the world ----------------------------------------------- "post with your main. delete your alt, you sad little exploiting metagamer."
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.08.27 09:56:00 - [4] Edited by: Jim McGregor on 27/08/2007 10:04:15 --- Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
wierchas n00bhunter	Posted - 2007.08.27 09:59:00 - [5] hahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahaha
Kastar Memphis Technologies	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:13:00 - [6] Apologies, I don't want to step on anyones foot here, but it's kind of a public secret that US education is, well, low compared to other countries'. Things they teach in most regular uni's we get at school here :) That coupled to the fact that everyone can just bring guns wherever they want make it for a sad sad system. The entire story of teaching intelligent design in some schools is just a good example of the weirdness. The weapons policy is a clear symbol of what's wrong in general. Without wanting to start a political debate here, there are reasons why us Europeans look at US in a funny way :). -----------------------------------------------
Grez Minmatar Sybrite Inc.	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:14:00 - [7] Best, video, ever. ---
Kastar Memphis Technologies	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:15:00 - [8] It also doesn't help that the president over there has the IQ of a wet towel -----------------------------------------------
Bosie Caldari	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:20:00 - [9] Originally by: Kastar It also doesn't help that the president over there has the IQ of a wet towel Being thick and playing thick are two different things. "There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ENGLAND."
Cornucopian Gallente Dutch Omega United Freemen Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:22:00 - [10] Originally by: Jim McGregor Edited by: Jim McGregor on 27/08/2007 09:58:10 Originally by: Cornucopian I bet it is. USA teaches nothing of the rest of the world to it's kids. No global history, no global topography, they're famous for it. I mean, even the NY Times only has 1 page on foreign affairs, most of which centres on Iraq: and that publication is supposed to be of extremely high quality (I'm sure it IS quality stuff, as far as the USA is concerned). American policy creates an inwards view. foreign knowledge just isnt something USA focuses on. it's a well known phenomenon that the most powerful nation in the world doesnt GIVE jack, or KNOW jack about the rest of the world So why dont they, when the rest of the world does? Arent the rest of the world in trouble when some americans doesnt know or care about the rest of the world, and their votes affect the military decisions of the USA? hmmm, difficult terrain: I would say that the majority of ANY country is fairly stupid to begin with, and doesnt know a whole lot about the rest of the world, but still. I wouldnt presume to be able to give you a definite answer but I'll say this: America is, of course, a VERY big country and it's citizens have the luxury of being able to vacation in their own country almost indefinitely. Also, I've been to the States on several occaisions, and barring economic business channels like CCN and NBC, there just ISNT a lot of coverage on the rest of the world: I was in NY a few times, and you have to scan the band to get to stations which report news even outside of NY itself. For such a global power the USA media does a poor job of informing the nation. You can argue that the people dont WANT to know, and the media are just giving what the consumer wants, but that would be the easy way out There is of course also the element of "we're the USA, we dont need to know anything about the rest of the rest of the world because we are the only superpower left." Then you have the educational system, and the nationalist pride inherent in the USA. More so than any other western country (Ill leave China, Russia and some other states out of this) patriotism and nationalism are ingrained practically from birth in the USA. You see this in hollywood, education and the media. Transformers, Spiderman, to name but two, have blatant patriotist references in them (transformers was axed by critics over here in the Netherlands for being almost a propaganda flick, and Spiderman has a LOT of scenes of spidy in front of american flags.) The educational system obviously favours national history over world history (though I cant really state this as 100% fact: someone chime in) The media I've already referenced. It would seem that nationalism and patriotism in themselves are not a bad thing of course. If you take them as a form of state policy you DO see that peoples views become fairly limited... ergo you will see Americans talking about the rest of the world without the faintest of clues. now I'm going to shut up... because these kinds of conversations have a tendency to devolve quite fast. I'm not saying ANYTHING in this post is true or fact or whatever, just bulletting some points I've seen through the years. Anyone else care to chime in? ----------------------------------------------- "post with your main. delete your alt, you sad little exploiting metagamer."
Meta Spectre Veni Vidi Vici. Knights Of the Southerncross	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:27:00 - [11] How can people be even that stupid, i mean im no geography wiz but even i know most of the world countries, ofc i dont live in US
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:28:00 - [12] Originally by: Cornucopian Originally by: Jim McGregor Arent the rest of the world in trouble when some americans doesnt know or care about the rest of the world, and their votes affect the military decisions of the USA? For such a global power the USA media does a poor job of informing the nation. You can argue that the people dont WANT to know, and the media are just giving what the consumer wants, but that would be the easy way out Actually I believe the news are giving people what the government wants. They are using the media to convince people there are threats in the world, and some americans doesnt seem to have the knowledge to critically judge if this information is accurate or not. US media are currently telling people the threat is Iran, using the exact same methods as they did in the last war. This is really, really scary to me. Your country or my country could very well be next. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-eyuFBrWHs --- Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
Morgan Drax	Posted - 2007.08.27 10:29:00 - [13] I was once at a conferance at the European Union headquarters in Brussels and was embarrssed that i didnt know the intricacies of current political policy and diplomacy that were being discussed. I had like most Europeans felt like i had a fairly good backround knowledge. After watching your You Tube clips i realise that knowledge Europeans consider essential isnt even on the radar of the average Joe in the US. Though in their defence it was probably heavily edited;and a more astute audience in say Washigton DC might have been more clued up about current affairs.
MassonA Caldari coracao ardente Triumvirate.	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:00:00 - [14] aussies are next, with your atomic kangaroos and terrorist shrimp
Sazkyen	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:10:00 - [15] They have obviously collected the most ridiculous answers. I hope? How the HECK can someone mistake Australia for Iran or North Korea. "We've won the Vietnam War..." OMFG Where's the Berlin Wall... My God Muslim Israel ... And the collateral damage stuff.... free bonus. No, the average american cannot be this dull. Nope, no way. These are select ones. Probably looked for them hard.
Darwinia Minmatar	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:17:00 - [16] ausies are safe, with that kind of knowledge about geography, the carrier group is more likely to end on Mars than Melbourne ------------------------ I don't believe in sigs.
Locus Bey Gallente Qalandar	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:25:00 - [17] The Chasers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdljzbHELmM&mode=related&search= have a habit of this The US is a very inward looking nation, so it should come as no suprise that many are ignorant of the goings on in their own country and the world. I think this goes a long way to explaining American pride, and its trigger reactions to 'attacks' on internal/external issues.
Constantine Arcanum PURE Legion Pure.	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:41:00 - [18] Good god, someone posting a comment thought that it was made by brits. Nuff said
Jastra Gallente Core Domination Big Bang Quantum	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:51:00 - [19] Actually as a whole I think we're all quiet ignorant of what goes on in the world if all we rely on is our education system and the media I wonder, for instance, how much time the UK news spends on foreign affairs that dont either concern a juicy fear inducing story about extremists or a natural disaster. The BBC news these days teaches you very little, if thats your only eye into the world then you have a tiny view on world events, I don't see how the USA is so very different from that, I suspect the only reason UK news screened the shuttle landing this time was in case it blew up, I can remember many previous landing when they didnt even bother showing it, much of the rest of it seems to be adverts for other programmes, and SKY news simply shows the same news as BBC, god forbid they should compete and try and show something interesting. 24 hour news has been a disaster for news reporting IMO, we no longer report news, we just report life or more likely, celebrity, what happened to a story being newsworthy ? Watching European news is an eye opener, you get a lot of news from a lot of Euro countries and further out that are just never mentioned on UK news, so I wouldnt hold us up as paragons. I'd be interested to watch Indian or Chinese, or Iraq news and see the difference.
Judas Lonestar Ganja Labs Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:54:00 - [20] While I understand most of the opinions here, I have to oint out they are wrong. Its not that it isnt taught in schools. Maybe not to the degree its taught in other countries schools, but the biggest problem in America is Americans just dont care. Once they get through the requirements of school thats all she wrote. They dont care about the world around them. Its football and American Idol, buy the biggest house and nicest car you can afford (Whether you can afford it or not doesnt matter, just get it!). Most Americans in my experience are just concerned with the "here and now" so to speak and only in so far as it pertains to them. They dont care whats happening in the next city, let alone whats happening beyond our countries borders!
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.08.27 11:59:00 - [21] Originally by: Jastra Watching European news is an eye opener, you get a lot of news from a lot of Euro countries and further out that are just never mentioned on UK news, so I wouldnt hold us up as paragons. I'd be interested to watch Indian or Chinese, or Iraq news and see the difference. Yes, thats the message Im trying to put out there. People should go to alternate news sources, because they shouldnt trust the american ones. They simply cant anymore. I suggest the international Reuters. Just visiting that site should be a real eye opener to a lot of people. And I believe its unbiased news. --- Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
Kastar Memphis Technologies	Posted - 2007.08.27 12:06:00 - [22] Originally by: Cornucopian I bet it is. USA teaches nothing of the rest of the world to it's kids. No global history, no global topography, they're famous for it. foreign knowledge just isnt something USA focuses on. it's a well known phenomenon that the most powerful nation in the world doesnt GIVE jack, or KNOW jack about the rest of the world Just an honest question, but what do kids spend their time at school at then ? We saw the complete world history in detail in about two years (US history being only a fraction of that, honestly a week's work) + we have to learn at least 2 foreign languages from the moment we enter the first grade ... Out of curiosity, What is teached, how many hours exactly of what in a random grade, let's say highschool, first year. -----------------------------------------------
Judas Lonestar Ganja Labs Hydra Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.27 12:13:00 - [23] Originally by: Kastar Edited by: Kastar on 27/08/2007 12:07:06 Originally by: Cornucopian I bet it is. USA teaches nothing of the rest of the world to it's kids. No global history, no global topography, they're famous for it. foreign knowledge just isnt something USA focuses on. it's a well known phenomenon that the most powerful nation in the world doesnt GIVE jack, or KNOW jack about the rest of the world Just an honest question, but what do kids spend their time at school at then ? We saw the complete world history in detail in about two years ( 2h of history/week, US history being only a fraction of that, honestly a week's work) + we have to learn at least 2 foreign languages from the moment we enter the first grade ... Out of curiosity, What is teached, how many hours exactly of what in a random grade, let's say highschool, first year. Its been a good 12 years since I was in high school, and my kids wont be there for a few more so let me see if I can remember..... We had American history, world history, english, math, science (All of various levels), spanish was the only foreign language class and it was not mandatory but rather an elective. physical education.....Art was an elective as well.....study hall, which was a 1 hour screw off..... Foods as an elective......Thats all i can remember right off.
DubanFP Caldari Four Rings D-L	Posted - 2007.08.27 12:48:00 - [24] Most of us aren't that stupid. But "Like any nation" we have a few bulbs that don't shine quite as bright as the others. I don't know what idiot came up with the 1 in 5 number, probebly a very poor sample or something. Also to the "passing off landmarks as our own" thing. You know there was probebly like 10 "good" answers for every stupid one that were never shown. I'll give you that our idiots tend to be unusually stupid, but those people are just a disgrace to us all... ___________ Xanstin> Your sig is full of really, really crap self quotes. DubanFP> Happy now that i have your quote included?
DgO4 Infinitus Odium The Church.	Posted - 2007.08.27 12:50:00 - [25] Edited by: DgO4 on 27/08/2007 12:49:54 lolz We are the pilgrims, Master, We will always go a little farther.....
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.08.27 12:53:00 - [26] Originally by: DubanFP Most of us aren't that stupid. But "Like any nation" we have a few bulbs that don't shine quite as bright as the others. I don't know what idiot came up with the 1 in 5 number, probebly a very poor sample or something. Also to the "passing off landmarks as our own" thing. You know there was probebly like 10 "good" answers for every stupid one that were never shown. I'll give you that our idiots tend to be unusually stupid, but those people are just a disgrace to us all... Yes, they obviously picked only the people who couldnt answer to make it a funny clip. I dont think there even was someone who answered correctly in the clip. So yeah, take it with a bit of healthy skepticism. But still, I dont think a single person in this country (Sweden) wouldnt be able to point out where our country is. Would be fun to try though... doesnt take more than a video camera. But I think people would look at me like im crazy for asking a question like that... --- Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
LUH 3471	Posted - 2007.08.27 13:00:00 - [27] Edited by: LUH 3471 on 27/08/2007 13:06:15 this is soooooo sad people are so totally brainwashed these days their consciousness is almost zero they are all asleep not noticing what is goin around them at all yet they think they are awake but infact they are deep asleep in a almost hypnotic state while i walk down the street i see dead meat ignorance is strong in them and thus suffering
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.08.27 13:10:00 - [28] Edited by: Jim McGregor on 27/08/2007 13:13:42 Originally by: LUH 3471 Edited by: LUH 3471 on 27/08/2007 13:11:24 this is soooooo sad people are so totally brainwashed these days their consciousness is almost zero they are all asleep not noticing what is goin around them at all yet they think they are awake but infact they are deep asleep in a almost hypnotic state while i walk down the street i see dead meat ignorance is strong in them and thus suffering they are intellectual slaves the most beautifull moment is when people slowly start to realize the nature of mind like a lotus blossom rising out of the swamp Do what you can to help people realize what is happening. Thats all you can do as a private person. --- Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
An Anarchyyt Gallente Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2007.08.27 13:12:00 - [29] Originally by: Judas Lonestar Originally by: Kastar Edited by: Kastar on 27/08/2007 12:07:06 Originally by: Cornucopian I bet it is. USA teaches nothing of the rest of the world to it's kids. No global history, no global topography, they're famous for it. foreign knowledge just isnt something USA focuses on. it's a well known phenomenon that the most powerful nation in the world doesnt GIVE jack, or KNOW jack about the rest of the world Just an honest question, but what do kids spend their time at school at then ? We saw the complete world history in detail in about two years ( 2h of history/week, US history being only a fraction of that, honestly a week's work) + we have to learn at least 2 foreign languages from the moment we enter the first grade ... Out of curiosity, What is teached, how many hours exactly of what in a random grade, let's say highschool, first year. Its been a good 12 years since I was in high school, and my kids wont be there for a few more so let me see if I can remember..... We had American history, world history, english, math, science (All of various levels), spanish was the only foreign language class and it was not mandatory but rather an elective. physical education.....Art was an elective as well.....study hall, which was a 1 hour screw off..... Foods as an elective......Thats all i can remember right off. In many cases it is highly dependent on what state you are in. For example, here in New York, the math progcession went Sequential I, II, and then III, and now it is just Math A and Math B (then comes PreCalc), but most other states still use the much antiquated Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II system. Originally by: CCP Wrangler Second, a gentile is a non jewish person
Death Kill Caldari direkte	Posted - 2007.08.27 13:19:00 - [30] Edited by: Death Kill on 27/08/2007 13:22:04 Originally by: Bosie Originally by: Kastar It also doesn't help that the president over there has the IQ of a wet towel Being thick and playing thick are two different things. Hes not that good of an actor. Bush didnt get to power by being clever, he got to power on account of being the son of a billionare and the fact that he lead one of the dirtiest smear campagns in history. Caldari and proud

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