(January 14, 2013 at 11:45 am)CapnAwesome Wrote:(January 13, 2013 at 6:56 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: In what I admit is a perverse way, it offers me some comfort when I see this kind of stupidity happening outside America's borders. It reminds me that this kind of bigotry and superstition isn't uniquely American.
You need reminding of that? Sometimes it amazes me how little Americans pay attention to the rest of the world.
Oh admit it, the only reason everyone pays more attention to America than American pays attention to it is because we're the most terrifying nation in the world. We're the most war-mongering trigger-happy nation in the world, with the most massive military "defense" budget and among the developed worlds we're also the most ridiculously religious.
You pay attention to whomever is the bigger threat to your immediate well-being. Ergo people pay attention to America.
It's NOT a good reason to have people paying attention to you for.
