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martha said:I got mostly Liberal Party, but it's hard to have an opinion about a distant country's internal policies.
Irvine511 said:
and yet, so many seem to think they know exactly what the US should do no matter what the issue and feel perfectly free to broadly criticize everything about a culture -- not to mention the monocausal explanations they come up with in order to explain a complex foreign policy -- they only understand from the movies and perhaps a trip to Manhattan.
so it's good to see us resisting the urge to do the same to other countries.
Irvine511 said:
and yet, so many seem to think they know exactly what the US should do no matter what the issue and feel perfectly free to broadly criticize everything about a culture -- not to mention the monocausal explanations they come up with in order to explain a complex foreign policy -- they only understand from the movies and perhaps a trip to Manhattan.
so it's good to see us resisting the urge to do the same to other countries.
LJT said:
It would be fair to say though that US culture and the US in general is much more dominating on the world stage than Norway will likely ever be. Any foreign policy the US has is likely to affect the whole world, Norways...not so much...The US' foreign policy is also much more heavily presented in the world media...when was the last time you heard of Norway's foreign policy?
I find it, kinda the rest of the world's right to criticise the US's foreign policy since it is the only superpower.....now that is not to mean as you say to completely bash the culture or country...it should be criticisied intelligently as anything should be....but really do you think the current administrations foreign policy is at all in anyway complex?
btw if I have missed the mark with your post at all and there was sarcasm present or not or I just missed completely the meaning of it...I apologise in advance, as I am truthfully slightly tipsy!
anitram said:
I'm not sure your point is entirely fair, given that a person living in Toronto has a lot more in common with someone in New York (and vice versa) than someone in New York has in common with someone in rural Alabama or than someone in Toronto has with someone living in rural Alberta. Not to mention that I would hazard a guess that far fewer Americans know anything at all tangible about Canadian politics whereas Canadians are probably as educated about your elections and form of government as a good chunk of your own citizens are. Americans don't realize how pervasive their culture and politics are outside of their own borders.
But I guess Canadians living on the border are a different species.
We should be able to spend more of Norways oil revenues.
unico said:i had no idea how to answer some of these questions. i'm really ignorant of Norwegian politics.
U2democrat said:Granted I try to pay attention to European politics but Norway just isn't usually in the picture
Irvine511 said:
yes, but Norwegians think they know all about the US.
so you're just an ignorant American.
Irvine511 said:and yet, so many seem to think they know exactly what the US should do no matter what the issue and feel perfectly free to broadly criticize everything about a culture -- not to mention the monocausal explanations they come up with in order to explain a complex foreign policy -- they only understand from the movies and perhaps a trip to Manhattan.
so it's good to see us resisting the urge to do the same to other countries.
anitram said:Now you're just being unnecessarily hostile, for reasons I can't really understand, to be honest. Have you come across Norwegians who behave in this way or are you projecting?
Irvine511 said:
yes, but Norwegians think they know all about the US.
so you're just an ignorant American.
melon said:
I think a lot of this comes from the fact that a lot of nations learn about the United States and learn English in school...then turn around and see that American students learn nothing about "them."
On the other hand, what the rest of the world doesn't understand is that we'd have to study the intricate details of over 170 countries to learn about "them." It ends up not being a fair match.
Vincent Vega said:
But it's not true to say "Norwegians think they know all about the US". Sure, there are some who think so, as there are some Germans, Brits, French or whoever. But the majority wouldn't discuss American domestic politics in the way you picture it.
Or did you encounter so many Norwegians who started to lecture you?