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I think there must be a distinction made between hating the concept of America and hating Americans. I don't think anyone here could possibly say that they hate the people of America. I certainly don't. I don't even hate the origianl concept of America. What bugs me is that the origianal concept of America has been distorted and it's not a recent event. Bush has just brought it to everyones attention.
I am Canadian but have a huge amount of respect for what the US constitution was trying to accomplish. The American revolution wasn't as far as I could tell a popular uprising but an insurgency sponsored by rich land owners that were sick of brutally high taxes being imposed upon them by the British. After the British were driven out those in power could potentially have done anything they wanted but instead drafted a set of rules defining the role of citizens and government. From there it was decided that those rules were not good enough and several amendments were drafted further limiting the power of the government over the people.
Excuse me if some of that is wrong but it's just my interpretation of the events and I believe there has been a shift in official American policy, both domestically and internationally, over the past 150 years from responsible government to building an empire and I think it's the empire stuff that pisses everyone off.
Feel free to flame me.
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