Blogcritics: Comments on Review: What's So Great About America

Comment by jason

Tue, 3 Sep 2002 00:31:55 EDT

re: chad's post. this may well be true, but you should be careful throwing around loaded terms like that, especially when you're not providing any warrants at all to your claims. without them, people like me will dismiss your argument as a baseless emotional outburst. maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but there should be reasons why.

Comment by ruprecht

Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:04:55 EDT

I enjoyed the book, but it really wasn't all that eye-opening or insightful. A lot of it was hashed out in one way or another in the blogsphere over the past year. Having said that, the bits on Imperialism/colonialism and the differences between African-American and other immigrant perceptions of the USA were worth the price of the book. I wish they were longer.

Comment by Phillip Winn

Sat, 31 Aug 2002 22:43:15 EDT

Personal insults to little credit to your case. Surely someone from Canada should show a little more respect to the country that enables you to dwell in a socialist fantasyland but still live more prosperously than your cultural relations across the Atlantic. I'm married to a Canadian, and hasten to assure American readers that not all Canadians are as ungrateful as Chad Collins. As it happens, D'Souza defends Western Culture as a whole, not just the United States in particular. I can only assume from your vitriol that you haven't read the book, or you would surely recognize and appreciate your very ability to spout such ignorance in a public forum without fear of midnight reprisals by religious squads ready to cut out your tongue for insolence. Nobody is saying that the US is perfect and unblemished. I probably have a longer list of complaints than you do. What people are saying is that this world is a much better place for our existence, and listening to Islamist extremists' so-called "reasons" for hating us is like listening to a convicted serial killer's reasons for why he had to kill his victims. They simply don't make sense, they're usually not true, and it doesn't matter anyway. It's a book review, folks, read the book if you're going to comment!

Comment by chad collins

Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:45:15 EDT

this article is a complete load of CRAP. the world (i'm from canada, mofo) does NOT hate you because you are free. on the contrary, they hate you because your leaders are terrorist, criminal scum, on par with your enemies. look around you, is it as FREE as you really think it is in the good ol' USSA. we're all wondering. i know good people come from your country.