Reply #271: "Most foreigners have NO problem acknowledging their nation's faults."

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That is just dead ass wrong. DEAD WRONG. I'm sorry, but after reading that, our conversation must end. You're not worth my time if you're THAT clueless. Read up on what's going on in Japan right now. They're basically trying to pretend the atrocities they carried out during WWII never happened. China's pretty pissed off about it, although China's trying to forget about the tens of millions that died during their cultural revolution. Thinking that this is some kind of uniquely American phemomenon is just ridiculous.

On edit: Here's another poster on this thread giving his take on why you're wrong.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2760573&mesg_id=2761547


The French don't want to acknowledge their collaboration with the Nazis. The Swiss try to downplay their holdings of stolen Nazi gold. Germany, while being pretty mature and realistic about the horrors of the Nazi regime, have gone to the lengts of BANNING Nazi flags and related groups in order to distance themselves as far as possible from their past. The Russians? Enough said. And when you get to the Middle East it just gets silly.

The one common unifier among the countries of the world? BLAME AMERICA! It makes you feel better. And if that doesn't work, blame the Joooos, or Britain.

And just for the record, I would never be so rude and ignorant to say any of the above countries "suck."