fuyu: (not amused)
Lyssie ([personal profile] fuyu) wrote2007-05-01 02:22 am

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So I was watching some news program this afternoon, one of the TVs in the campus cafeteria is tuned to a news channel and I like getting a bit of an update while I eat. Alas, I don't remember the name of the program well enough to say what it was, but.

They were talking about the possibility of Al-Qaeda in the US, scary stuff, and the host mentioned that he'd been talking to his wife and she said she was losing hope, asked him to give her a bit of hope; and he passed this question on to the guy he was interviewing. The answer went something like:

"Well, I think the American people are the hope; they're more determined, they're more bloody-minded than [the administration?], and they know that a single American is worth more than any foreigner..."

What the FUCK?

Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] area-woman.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
As an American, I'm greatly offended and ashamed.

Unfortunately, that's the problem with freedom of the press. We're allowed to broadcast anything, even bigoted shit that makes us all look bad.

Re: Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] elanor-pam.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
But at least you can complain about it, too. Hopefully there are more people pissed at those words than just you guys.

Re: Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] area-woman.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly more than just us, but a disturbing number of Americans think that way. I'd venture to say they're close to a majority.

Re: Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] elanor-pam.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder where this kind of ideology comes from? For a country that talks so much about freedom and equality...

Re: Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] area-woman.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say it has a great deal to do with the media, but I really don't know. It's like we're genetically predisposed to be asshats.

Re: Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] elanor-pam.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean, just like brazilians are genetically predisposed to play soccer and dance samba?

Re: Can't wait to be an ex-pat...

[identity profile] area-woman.livejournal.com 2007-05-01 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
<3 Brazilian soccer.