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The US was built largely by people who were considered the refuse of European society: the poor, Irish, Catholics, Puritans, etc --. the people Europe looked down on and persecuted: 'give us your poor, your tired, your hungry'...even the Africans that colonialism treated horridly and believed to be savages (not that the US was much better for many years).
Europe still looks down on the US (in much the same way they look down on Australia, a former penal colony.) If the US and Australia had been populated by the aristocracy, they would be proud of us. They hate that for much of the last century they've been dependent on a country they consider inferior. [Everything I hear from Europeans is the question of why Americans don't want to be like Europeans because European civilization is naturally much superior. ]
The British would have never beaten Hitler alone. American industrial power and manpower was instrumental in saving Europe from World War I, nazism and communism --three times in one century rescued by a country many consider to be the inferior partner.
Since World War II, Europe has been dependent on the US for national security. After World War II, American money rebuilt European civilization, and we rebuilt it in our own image: liberal capitalist democracies. They've mitigated the 'capitalist' since then. (Lest we forget the "German economic miracle" following WWII only to be eclipsed by Germany's current unemployment rate of 11% and stagnant economy). Europe has also forgotten that historically democracy has only ever come about and been preserved through violence: through the barrel of a gun. They do not understand this historical reality, or choose to forget it.
In other words, the 'superior' parent was remade by the 'inferior' child in its own image and protected by the child. Wouldn't you feel humiliated as well? Especially when the continent of Europe used to dominate the world? Europe blames America for preventing Europe from rising again as a major world player, but the real problem is European reliance on socialism and the very low birth rate. They think we're The Man keeping them down.
The psychology is similar to that found in the Middle East. Muslims dream of a lost empire and see the wealth the West enjoys. They blame the West for their poverty. Some of this blame is justified. Most of it is not. If the Middle East wants peace and prosperity, they need to depose the dictators and agree to separation of church and state. I believe that the US is now trying to break the backs of the dictators of the Middle East because they now realize the former policy of placating and supporting dictators was not only harmful to the people of the Middle East but is, in the long run, (here's where 911 comes into play) harmful to Western interests.
More than fifty years since World War II and they still have nowhere near the power the United States has. The genocide in the Balkans proved how weak Europe was in dealing with a conflict within its own borders. It took American military intervention to end the genocide. If 9.11 had happened to Europe and there was no NATO, they would not have been capable of responding the way the US did in Afghanistan. The first Gulf War was what awakened the world to what the American military could do. It was a showcase and scared the crap out of many people.
I hate Bush for his domestic policies. Europe hates Bush because he oh so conveniently fulfills every American stereotype: stupid, cowboy, etc. And yet, he is still considered a successful president (if you judge by American polls, that is.) They are shocked and outraged he has yet to fall on his face because he embodies the worst of America.
Right now on the American left and in Europe there is some lazy moral equivalence happening: Bush = Hitler. Bush is a dictator. Have they forgotten what dictators are really like? And that all good people should oppose a dictator and espouse democracy at every turn? I admit that the US has behaved abominably by helping dictatorships in the past, but when are we allowed to change that policy?
The allegation that the US has gone to war for oil is ridiculous. It would be cheaper for the US in economic and human terms to drop the economic sanctions and just buy oil from Saddam. If we want control, we could for far cheaper just buy an exclusive contract from Saddam, which would just perpetuate the aiding and abetting of dictators. This would not solve the problems of the Middle East, which is basically a pit of dictators. Mini-Hitlers and Stalins at play perpetrating horrid violence against their own people with no recriminations for some time.
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| this demo can piss-off |
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added on the 2005-01-03
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| Funny as heck and gave me a headache, But what the heck I love headaches |
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added on the 2004-06-14
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| Neat |
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added on the 2004-06-03
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| Please It Please It Please It Please It Please It Please It, I want more. |
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added on the 2004-05-28
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Gotta see it to believe it.
Great art
Great tune |
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added on the 2004-05-24
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| What on earth is this Cubemap Error I'm getting Ryg?? |
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added on the 2004-05-11
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Richard Cabello:Trace/xplsv has had this on his HD and a few others in the ojuice news for some time, Your release date is incorrect.
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added on the 2004-03-08
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| A well done code |
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added on the 2004-02-24
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| too many bugs |
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added on the 2004-01-24
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| puts me to sleep |
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added on the 2004-01-02
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| enough has been said already |
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added on the 2003-11-24
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| Nice funky monkey demo hehehe |
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added on the 2003-11-21
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| Awsummmmmm |
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added on the 2003-11-19
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| you mean KIND* regards ? not king, get some sleep mike. |
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added on the 2003-11-09
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| All The Way-------> |
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added on the 2003-10-21
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I saw this at evoke, thats no joke.
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added on the 2003-10-20
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| won't let me thumb up either here, BTW excellent productions |
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added on the 2003-04-01
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| Yep just music now, maybe not compatible with xp or Dx9 |
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added on the 2003-02-01
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| B T W did this ever make it to the big screen? |
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added on the 2003-01-27
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I can't believe my eyes!!
This would not be a Demo if too short or having the talented music by ronny pries.
Can't stop watching this pooch.
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added on the 2003-01-27
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| I honsetly don't see anything in this, Submit it to the cartoon network. |
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added on the 2003-01-20
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| This ROX!!! |
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added on the 2003-01-15
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You Guys Gotta See This Demo
http://www.harrythecat.com/graphics/k/monkey7.gif |
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