Found a funny vid on youtube about the history of the United States of America. Don't take it too seriously. It's spoken in English, the subtitles are Dutch.
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Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:11 pm
by XemnasXD
bowling for columbine was pretty good...we lol'd at this part, its a short but pretty good summary...
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:15 pm
by *BlackFox
lulz
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:16 pm
by Mr.Ganji
The video fails. For all its incredibly biased opinion of the USA, it tries to make up for its weak content with humor. Too bad its humor failed too.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:05 pm
by asusi
Mr.Ganji wrote:The video fails. For all its incredibly biased opinion of the USA, it tries to make up for its weak content with humor. Too bad its humor failed too.
I think it's pretty d*mmm based on facts, Who was the one that was scared that Iraq maybe had nuclear weapons? and just ripped the whole country and found nothing?
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:07 pm
by Hypnotik
^win
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:18 pm
by Doppleganger
asusi wrote:
Mr.Ganji wrote:The video fails. For all its incredibly biased opinion of the USA, it tries to make up for its weak content with humor. Too bad its humor failed too.
I think it's pretty d*mmm based on facts, Who was the one that was scared that Iraq maybe had nuclear weapons? and just ripped the whole country and found nothing?
A Christian.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:24 pm
by DropOut
I love it rofl
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:28 pm
by XemnasXD
Doppleganger wrote:
asusi wrote:
Mr.Ganji wrote:The video fails. For all its incredibly biased opinion of the USA, it tries to make up for its weak content with humor. Too bad its humor failed too.
I think it's pretty d*mmm based on facts, Who was the one that was scared that Iraq maybe had nuclear weapons? and just ripped the whole country and found nothing?
A Christian.
An American, and he had the entire fear crazed American populace....
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:37 pm
by user
Mr.Ganji wrote:The video fails. For all its incredibly biased opinion of the USA, it tries to make up for its weak content with humor. Too bad its humor failed too.
sounds like we have a Moore hater
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:54 pm
by Sharp324
asusi wrote:
Mr.Ganji wrote:The video fails. For all its incredibly biased opinion of the USA, it tries to make up for its weak content with humor. Too bad its humor failed too.
I think it's pretty d*mmm based on facts, Who was the one that was scared that Iraq maybe had nuclear weapons? and just ripped the whole country and found nothing?
Don't make yourself look anymore retarded, you do that enough anyway.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:03 pm
by XemnasXD
was waiting for Mr.RedWhite&Blue to show up...
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:04 pm
by asusi
Sharp324 wrote:Don't make yourself look anymore retarded, you do that enough anyway.
No need to be scared. lulzz
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:25 pm
by Doppleganger
XemnasXD wrote:
Doppleganger wrote:
asusi wrote:I think it's pretty d*mmm based on facts, Who was the one that was scared that Iraq maybe had nuclear weapons? and just ripped the whole country and found nothing?
A Christian.
An American, and he had the entire crazed Christian populace....
I just changed this to make myself laugh a little. I'm not "Fixing" what you said Xemnas. Ah American how did i forget that lol. An American Christian. Why am i throwing this in? Because ..
"President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:29 pm
by XemnasXD
yeah but your alterations detract from the truth. 9/11 had everyone scared not just the Christians...
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:00 pm
by Reise
Shit movie, shit director.
There's parody and satire, then there's being a fat ignorant dumbass.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:05 pm
by XemnasXD
tell me reise what part of that video was incorrect...
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:07 pm
by Reise
XemnasXD wrote:tell me reise what part of that video was incorrect...
Should I go and tell you the letters of the alphabet while I'm at it?
You know what's incorrect about it.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:13 pm
by XemnasXD
Its brief. It generalizes. Aside from that though its true.
just give me three things it got wrong. at least two....
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:17 pm
by Nantosh
XemnasXD wrote:yeah but your alterations detract from the truth. 9/11 had everyone scared not just the Christians...
Well that's a lie. I wasn't scared, and I'm not Christian. Correlation? I THINK SO!!!
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:33 am
by CrimsonNuker
Yay Canada
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:07 am
by Pally
I'm from the US and it shows that we love our
GUNS
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:13 am
by Doppleganger
Bush said god gave him a mission. If he truly believes that don't you think he would stop at nothing to get gods will done even if the majority didn't agree?
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:52 am
by TOloseGT
lmao, those cartoons people remind me of worms 2
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:13 am
by Mr.Ganji
asusi wrote:I think it's pretty d*mmm based on facts, Who was the one that was scared that Iraq maybe had nuclear weapons? and just ripped the whole country and found nothing?
Hypnotik wrote:^win
This video has absolutely nothing to do with 9/11, Bush, terrorists, Iraq - nothing. I dont even think the 21st century can be found in this video. Yes, of course its based on facts, and its made in an extremely biased way.
The video does not summarize US history. It summarizes US history from the perspective of an ignorant redneck who had nothing better to do than make a video about how heroic his fathers and grandfathers were with their g@y@ss vigilante missions and bs.
XemnasXD wrote:tell me reise what part of that video was incorrect...
Im guessing he is pissed off at the way gun owners are portrayed in the video. Its all shown in a bad light.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:33 am
by XemnasXD
There was nothing ignorant about the video. So the NRA and gun owners are cast in a bad light. Thats a shame but every point made was factual. The US has a history of turning its fears into violence and guns played a major role, thats just the ugly truth.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:43 am
by Mr.Ganji
XemnasXD wrote:There was nothing ignorant about the video. So the NRA and gun owners are cast in a bad light. Thats a shame but every point made was factual. The US has a history of turning its fears into violence and guns played a major role, thats just the ugly truth.
I never said that the video had inaccuracies (I dont know what reise is talking about either). My beef with the video is that its made to REPRESENT American history. Its completely biased with the intention of painting the USA as a violent, lawless wild where bigotry is accepted and racism embraced. Thats obviously not a fair way to judge the United States. Whats ignorant is not the video, but the person(s) behind it.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:49 am
by XemnasXD
Thats not what the video is portraying at all. If thats all you got out of it then i think you need to watch it again. The video is showing how closely Americans fear and knack for violence are related. That the NRA and the KKK may have connections should not overshadow the overall theme. You can't talk about American history without mentioning its racist heritage, its deeply ingrained and the effects can still be seen today, many go unnoticed because ppl would never guess that they had racist origins unless they really knew history. The video takes the ugly truths in a comical light and you can call it biased but if a teacher were to explain the same thing he would basically be giving you the same info, just not as entertaining. There is certainly more to American history than that but the video does say its a brief....
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:25 am
by Shadow
Right, after reading the comments I watched the video too. Seems historically accurate to me, even though made in a style that mocks the US. It's in the category "comedy" on youtube, and not for example "education." I may generalize a bit but I'd say it represents, to some extent at least, the european view of the US (and US history).
I find it funny that the video manages to anger/annoy a gunowner and a guy with US flag as avatar and location "land of the free". Just Sayin'.
Re: History of the USA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:11 am
by Barotix
People killed people with guns. Would it make a difference if they used bow and arrows? No, it would still be people killing people.
