In my last post (Part I), I discussed America’s “genocidal” behaviors and how other country’s mass murders and torturous behaviors are either overlooked, applauded or unknown. I also noted how Anti-Americanism criticizes Christianity yet embraces and supports Islamofascism. We also saw the hypocrisy in other countries saying the tired, “We know everything about YOU, but you know nothing about us” - which is not true as what our NATO “friends” know about us are distorted, exaggerated, and fabricated ‘truths’ consequently knowing very little to nothing about the US, the people, and our lifestyles. I would like to continue with more examples of Anti-American hypocrisy, favoritism (bias), and just how off the wall ridiculously selfish and illogical it is.

Americans are often known as the “world evil” because of our Death Penalty

First off, not ALL states in America have the Death Penalty. Let’s take a look:

Courtesy of deathpenaltyinfo.org

Next, please continue to protest against our harsh death penalty (lethal injection for 1st degree murderers), but while you’re marching, it would be only fair to *include* the death penalty in China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and et cetera… wouldn’t you think?

The Chinese Death Penalty:

The Chinese Government has defended its use of the death penalty after a new report named it as being the world’s largest state executioner.

Amnesty International says at least 470 people were executed in China last year.

According to this estimate, nine people were being executed every week.

As official death penalty figures are a state secret, some groups say the real number is even higher.

They claim that the death penalty is handed out not only for violent crimes but also more petty theft and even political crimes.

The Japanese Death Penalty:

This place is not Texas. It is Japan — the only industrial democracy other than our own that still regularly executes convicted murderers. In 2004, the Japanese conducted two executions by hanging, the sole method employed there. In some years, the rate is double or triple that. This is nowhere near the rate in the United States, where 59 convicted murderers were put to death in 2004. But there are many more murders in the United States than in Japan, and our population is 295 million people compared to Japan’s 127 million. When you adjust for those facts, Japan has recently been about as likely as Texas and Virginia to sentence killers to death.

The Saudi Arabian Death Penalty:

You are judged according to the Sharia, the holy law; in the holy month of Ramadan a traditional moratorium of executions is observed. Death penalty is (sic) comminated for sex crimes, drug crimes, sabotage, corruption, witchcraft, mastication of qat, production/distribution/assumption of alcohol. The execution are often after unfair trials, without any security. The defendants can also have no defender lawyer, and the confessions, even if they are taken with torture, are accepted like valid evidence and could also be the only evidence for the death sentence. Used methods are the beheading with a sharp sword for the men and the firing party for the women; the married women who are culpable of adultery can also be stoned.

Executions take place in the main centers of the Kingdom, usually during the friday afternoon prayers, in a square in front of the provincial governor’s mansion; a doctor is there to certify the (sic) condemned’s death. Beheading is particularly violent for the victim and for those who assist: the death caused with this system is often estimated fast and pitiful, sometimes many strokes are necessary to kill the victim, who dies after a very heavy suffering.

But of course, only America gets the spotlight for this.

Canada is Multicultural ….and non-arrogantly Patriotic?

I just ran into this blog posting. I thought Facebook might have been where most of the aggressive and bully-like Anti-American Canadians hung out. I was wrong again. Let’s take a look at what I saw:

Proud Canadian | October 27th, 2007 at 7:04 pm

Congrats,

being canadian is the best thing ever,
just a small comment to ” Eddi | September 18th” we are happy paying taxes as long as our government dont do anything stupid to make others hate us and kill us,

americans are afraid to go to all countries because 74% of world’s population hates americans.

What if she were an American, and it read, “Proud American” at the top instead? Well, it IS true, that for the most part, Americans get busted for showing any kind of liking to their homeland - even in the most innocent of ways, however, Canadians get a free pass. I’ve seen so many Canadians brag about the fact that they can travel anywhere and not get killed. Interesting, no? Does anyone not see the irony? NOTHING at all is said about those who murder Americans abroad. Nothing. Not even the tiniest bit of criticism is expressed. But if a crime is committed by an American, it’s a TERRIBLE thing. However, if committed on an innocent American, it’s justified. But we must keep in mind that “being a Canadian is the best thing everrrrrr“.

JMM | October 30th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

Good game, but just remember that being Canadian is more than just possessing a passport. It means learning about and caring for our culture, our history and traditions. So my first suggestion for you is to move to Canada and live here for a while and start to discover the priceless gift of Canadian nationality that your mother passed on to you.

Hi Jmm? But aren’t you a “Multicultural Country”? Hmm….. No. Wait. Canada IS multicultural, but only for those people non-American-born. Sounds quite self-serving, doesn’t it? Remember, the Canadian nationality is a “priceless ‘gift“. Oh wait. I thought Canadians were more humble than that? As far as my experiences are concerned, I’ve never heard Americans taunting a to-be-citizen saying that “they must learn American culture“. Never. Wow.

Kevin | December 17th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

The great white North(CANADA) is the best Country in the world. I am proud to be a Canadian. And for all you stupid Americans. We gotta tell you it does not matter if we need visas for 5 additional countries than you ….but the matter of fact is that we are respected more than you in this world. so shut up EH!!!!!

I wonder… where are all these “quiet and humble patriots” that Canada often brags about. One of the things they say America doesn’t have is “humility”. Ya think?

josh | March 11th, 2008 at 12:07 am

Funny how every on knows the highest tax rates and the cost of Gas & Milk… What they don’t realize is that the average wage is about 30% higher… and the minimum wage is (on average) 25% percent higher… Not to mention 11 paid holidays, and a minimum 2 weeks vacation…… One thing I didn’t realize is that we seem to have a better education system too.

Is this another example of “humble Canadian pride“? Hmm.. Here’s another interesting contradiction: Now, they’re bragging (humble?) about their vacation time…. yet, they call Americans lazy? So, which is it? Oh, and it IS always nice to have a better education. (humble?).

Josee | March 25th, 2008 at 1:51 am

Hey man,
Good for you on citizenship. A few notes: It’s true - Canada has a fabulous reputation generally speaking in the international community and slapping a maple leaf on your backpack and flashing a bilingual passport wont make you Canadian. Please uphold the standards expected of us! I have faith though, you have the beard of a Canadian (aka, a champion).

Please “uphold the standards“? Again, Canada isn’t multicultural if you immigrate from America. Yet, at the same time, if you immigrate as a Muslim, they (the Anti-Americans) will happily modify their “superior and refined ‘culture’” to suit yours to make you feel warm and welcomed. Americans, on the other hand, must “uphold their standards“. Islam, however, if you must commit an “honor killing”, we will respect this as it’s YOUR culture and we are so proud to be Canadian as we’re “multicultural”.

Let’s just be realistic and call it a myth, EH? Canada is the face of pseudo-multiculturalism. And I’ve witnessed many cases of this with my personal experience included. Once, a long time ago, I was very frustrated with how things were going on here in America, and I expressed this disappointment publicly also mentioning how it would be nice to move to Canada (this was a situational disgust that I was going through - I wasn’t very serious), and a Canadian came by to tell me that I wasn’t welcome to his country in fear that I would make his country “Americanized” or “too Republican“. Unreal. Never mind that I had made it VERY obvious that I was liberal….. Hence my definition of Anti-Americanism.

doesn’tmatter | December 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pm

Congrats to your citizenship! I’m still working on becoming a permanent resident here in Canada. I am from Germany. I love both countries and I have to say that the friendliest people live in Canada. In the states I didn’t make any good experience. It starts already at the airport. You get treated like shit. I come from a country where you (as a single person) pay more than 50% taxes on your income. You pay 19% GST on everything you buy. But we also have a healthcare system that works. We don’t have to wait days to see a doctor. We care for the people with less than the others. We have people from all over the world living and studying there. Do the states care for their people? Why is it, that a country wastes every year 50% of its whole budget for defense when there is not even a real enemy? Couldn’t they use the money to repair their own country instead of destroying one after another? Just think about it…

While this person isn’t a Canadian, I found some of her comments to be interesting to say the least. Funny how 300 million people get all lumped together because of a few rude people. She came to the US already knowing that Americans were “the meanest people in the world“, so she was also probably looking for things. Little does she know that even Americans have a hectic time at the airport - especially post 9-11. There are two sides to every story. Maybe she was being smug (as she was in her post above) and she was disrespected back? I wonder if those people from other countries expect Americans to just take it up the arse… hence this article having to be written to survive the wrath of Canadian and European arrogance abroad. These days, hardly anybody comes back from either country with a good story. And they have the nerve to complain about us?? Give and take, no? (Another reason why Anti-Americanism isn’t productive)

Next, yes our health care is in trouble, but why did you even attempt to live in America when you knew this beforehand? And finally, America, being that it’s a superpower,(regardless if we have a REAL or “imagined” enemy), we must spend A LOT on our defense because if people like YOU get into trouble, we’re one of the first countries to defend your freedoms or pick up after your messes should there be a natural disaster. So, with that said, our defense money spending IS justified. We are the parents of the world. Not saying whether I agree with this or not; it’s just the way things are. My advice would be to get used to this and find more constructive ways to deal with it.

You know, if Europe and Canada don’t need our help, then why are they still a part of NATO? I think this kind of attitude is out of sheer selfishness and ungratefulness. I am beginning to doubt whether or not some of these countries are learning proper history in school. I guess this is the “thanks” we get for being partially responsible for saving Europe from Nazism and for getting rid of the Berlin Wall. In fact, I’ve heard on a few occasions of people saying, “What did America ever do, anyway?”. This is proof that it’s not just the US that is slipping in “education”. This is also why I believe that it isn’t just Americans that are “stupid“.

Americans don’t care about other countries and only a very few have passports?

Read this for my response.

Americans are not “cultured”?

I must say that I find this accusation a bit amusing. WebPundit composed the below in light of this example.

Say America has no culture. When asked if there’s no such thing as “American Culture”, why do you always bitch about “Americanization”? Answer with 2 words: McDonald’s and Starbucks. Feign ignorance of American television, movies, music, books, politics, fashion, the internet… in short, most of what YOU do for fun on a daily basis. You don’t want to seem like a hypocrite who secretly devours American culture. So, it’s better just to tell an outright lie.

Hat Tip: WebPundit

As far as the “‘right’ kind of culture” as in VERY old historical culture that the Europeans bash us for not having, allow me to gently remind you that America and Canada are roughly the same age. America and Canada are culturally pretty much the same. I’d be curious what “culture” was like for Europeans when they were only about 200 years old?

And while we’re on the topic of culture. In the US, the Metropolitan Opera in NY is one of the best opera companies in the world. Canada has no opera company that can even hold a candle to it for it’s prestigious influence. The US has two premiere ballet companies. We’ve got NYC Ballet and American Ballet Theater. Canada has no dance companies that are in the same league. Symphony and NY theater? Nothing in North America exists that can begin to compare with the NY theater scene. Look at the number of fantastic symphony orchestras in the US. American writers? Let’s take a look at Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, Melville, Hawthorne, Henry James, Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, need I say more?

Piercing analysts like Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, Frank Norris, John Steinbeck, John Dos Passos, and Tom Wolfe are conveniently ignored. And never mind that American film and television are far more willing to confront sensitive social or political issues than are European productions.

America has a very rich influential and extensive cultural and literary history.

Americans are Materialistic?

Where did you get that we’re all like that? My husband and I buy recycled furniture and items. Craigslist and Ebay in the US IS very popular when it comes to buying used stuff, and so are thrift stores and yard sales. Only the minority here are RICH. Is Canada any different? My guess is that the finger pointers here have never been to Japan. I didn’t know what “materialistic” was until I went to Japan. For example, go to a thrift store over there. Most of the merchandise sold there are items that are only about a year old! Traditionally (maybe not so much a modern custom), the Japanese throw away items that are over 1-2 years old - even if they still work perfectly! They do this so that when company arrives, they will impress them. This is even more so for newlyweds, and many times, 5 digit numbers (in US dollars) are spent for their weddings ALONE!

Typically families in Japan buy new and very expensive merchandise and furnishings for their home. You’d be most surprised by what Japanese leave around for the garbage truck to pick up. When I was living over there (because foreigners like me didn’t have much money), we used to find goodies and very useful items in the lot where the garbage was. This is not to say that ALL Japanese throw their things out haphazardly all the time. Let’s just say that it’s done quite often (at least from what I had observed and found to be quite evident in the recycle shops). In short, the Japanese are BIG spenders. I wouldn’t doubt that they were the biggest spenders in the developed world. Fashion is another thing where Japanese people spend tons of money on - so much to even raise the eyebrows of an American onlooker. I could go on, but this was just another classic example of how other countries are conveniently left out, again, to attack the “evil Americans”.

Sometimes, I am wondering if Europeans and Canadians are confusing the “average American” with celebrities that they watch on TV?

…:::NEWSFLASH:::…

Celebrities do *NOT* represent the common American… hence the name “celebrity”. The common American can ONLY be found in America outside …. HOLLYWOOD. Even in Hollywood, they hide. You can only see them on…. TV! What a concept. But of course you know more about America then someone who has lived there for 39 years, right?

You value celebrities and you’re so superficial by what you watch on TV?

There are so many problems with this argument that it boggles my mind.

For starters, it’s crystal clear that you watch the same TV or similar TV that we do. But you say, “We only watch it because it’s like watching an American train wreck”. Ok. Here, I’m assuming that you are talking about the trashy Reality TV shows? To be honest, I like watching some of those trashy TV shows too. Just like YOU, I like to poke fun at people too, and enjoy train wreckage no less or more than you do. I think when it comes down to what you watch on TV, simply put, depends on NOT where you’re from but WHO you are.

You probably also want to read this. Additionally, keep in mind that Americans work much harder and much longer hours with the least amount of vacation time compared to the rest of the world - even compared to Japan! We are a very tired and stressed out people. Plus your average American is married with children, and on top of having 2-4 kids, both the mom and the dad are working. Being an American is not easy - especially for those that choose to have children. Since our minds are going constantly over the SERIOUS stuff in life, Americans DESERVE to watch trash TV. It’s called an “escape”. You’d look for a way to relax your mind into some form of escape too if you were under the pressures of American life. I mean, who wants to go and read a book about brain surgery after a long, busy, and stressful day at work when they can watch Paris Hilton making an ass out of herself on TV and LAUGH at it.

Side note: When I say “we” in this paragraph, I am referring to the average American on a comparative basis - not the whole. Americans LOVE to laugh. We also have a tendency to be more light-hearted, silly, and playful. We don’t take ourselves seriously. We also know that life is too short. Americans are a bit more positive and want to make the best out of their lives. So, playing is one of the things we do very well - as again, we work just as hard. Interestingly enough, this is why I enjoyed living in Japan so much as the Japanese share this commonality with Americans. Work hard - play hard. You may even have to come to terms with the fact that we may just not have the same sense of humor that you do.

Next, there are just as many Americans who HATE Reality TV and other “trashy” TV shows and find themselves using other forms of escape to relax the mind in order to take a break from the hustle and bustle we call American Life.

Most Americans have cable TV too. Our TV stations over here aren’t limited to “celebrity gossip” and crap TV. If only you knew how many Americans love to watch the Animal channel, the National Geographic channel, the History channel, the Learning channel, the Discovery channel, the Health channel, and channels with programs in different languages for the purposes of studying. But, of course your press won’t tell you THAT. They like to make you think that we ADORE and embrace Paris Hilton. Tell you the truth. If we do watch Paris Hilton on TV, it’s only to see what ridiculously stupid thing she’s up to now just to poke fun at her. After all, just like YOU, we like to watch train wreckage.

Lastly, there are many Americans who don’t watch TV at all. They feel like it melts the brain and would rather read books or use the computer. There are so many different types of Americans out there, but you wouldn’t know this unless you actually lived here long enough to call yourself an “expert”.

As far as valuing celebrities are concerned, I’m wondering what it means to “value” them. To put ahead of one’s priorities in life or to be obsessed with? As one Canadian put it here,

you value celebrities and pay them ludicrous amounts of money in a week which would be more than anything a doctor or a teacher could earn in years.

I had no idea that I was paying them a “salary”. But in a way, we all are — including the mental midget who wrote the above. Every time you go to a concert, buy a CD, by an mp3 online, rent a DVD, buy a DVD, or go to the movies, YOU (the consumer) are paying that celebrity’s salary and upping their status. Canadians are JUST as interested in celebrities and their talents as Americans are. No rocket science there. Here’s a list of Canadian-born celebrities. How did they get to be celebrities? Because we bought into them (regardless of where that celebrity was born). And that “we”, also includes Europeans who purchase their talent (tsk tsk tsk). When I was growing up, the bulk of what I listened to was “New Wave”. I will graciously thank the UK and Australia for exporting such phenomenal talent over here. What a sad day in the world that I’d have to point something as elementary and obvious as this out.

Secondly, as far as “America” (erm how about including Canada since they are just as ‘obsessed’) paying them more than doctors, the last time that I checked, people were born with a little something called, (you might want to add this to your new list of vocabulary words) CHOICES. Yeah. YOU get to decide as to whether you want to grow up to become a doctor or a celebrity! See, how that works? Normal adults research very well - the career they want to get into, and I’d say that most people with half a brain known what salaries to expect beforehand.

My suggestion to those who think that celebrities get paid too much, there’s one simple solution: boycott their products. And ask your friends and family to do the same. You can also organize demonstrations to get your word out to the public at large (even in Canada). Canadian celebrities (like Jim Carey, Celine Dion) make as much as do American celebrities! What a concept, eh?

I think people also need to understand how the entertainment industry works as well. You can read more about it here. And if you went to Japan, you’d see that celebrities get excessive amounts of money too (like the US and Canada). I cannot speak for other countries as I don’t know. But I think it’s quite normal. Maybe it’s just not faaaaaiiiirrrrrrr. Well, there are a lot of things in life that aren’t fair. There ARE things that you can do to make changes. Rather than sitting in judgment and trying to use America as a scapegoat for every woe in your life and in the world, why don’t you try to make positive changes? Playing the “blame game” is hardly productive.

Like I’ve mentioned in my last post, I still have yet to see how Anti-Americanism has changed the world to make it a better and more peaceful place to live in. Why? Because Anti-Americanism isn’t against any other evil unless it’s an “American Evil”. Here’s what might work, though if you are the “humanitarian” that you call yourself. Perhaps it’s better to be….

• Anti-criminal for all
• Anti-fascism for all
• Anti-violence for all
• Anti-big paychecks for all
• Anti-imperialism for all
• Anti-Globalization for all
• Anti-poor health for all
• Anti-poor education for all
• Anti-poverty for all
• Anti-Global Warming for all
• Anti-religion for all
• Anti-Capitalism for all

And when I say, “for all” it does not only *include* America but all other countries on the planet that are guilty of the same “crimes”.