tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post5106280158194136918..comments2023-10-17T12:07:59.225+02:00Comments on Sam's Spot: The United in Paranoia States of AmericaSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-17956355481023104032009-05-21T09:12:26.555+02:002009-05-21T09:12:26.555+02:00I still have to disagree about the paranoia (thoug...I still have to disagree about the paranoia (though the atomic scares were probably world-wide, as you said). When I got to Europe I was amazed at how laid back people were (and this was during the height of the IRA and Basque separatist movement, when bombs were exploding almost weekly). The only other country I visited that made me think the US wasn't paranoid was Israel - where nearly everyone was walking around with a machine gun slung over their backs.Jennifer Macairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728676209830389230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-90715181038566482522009-05-21T06:24:52.789+02:002009-05-21T06:24:52.789+02:00I believe a certain Bush boy caused a lot of this....I believe a certain Bush boy caused a lot of this. I know people who won't travel to US any more. But let's hope that Barack can change things. <br /><br />We have to do earthquake drills at schools now because we live on the San Andreas fault. But nobody seems to be too paranoid about it. I remember when the air-raid sirens used to be tested and drills done as recently as the Bay of Pigs. To this day the sound of sirens like that send chills up my spine. Everyone had nuclear neurosis for awhile, not just the US. Here in Canada on the West Coast too.Wynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-8648047931522032612009-05-14T18:47:00.000+02:002009-05-14T18:47:00.000+02:00I wish I were exaggerating - but what other countr...I wish I were exaggerating - but what other country made its school children do atomic bomb drills? We always seem to be looking for enemies - in real life and in Holywood.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-75940040832559354692009-05-14T16:20:00.000+02:002009-05-14T16:20:00.000+02:00I think you're over-exaggerating a little bit.
I ...I think you're over-exaggerating a little bit.<br /><br />I work with people from all over the world at a company in Kansas. None of them are persecuted. I'm sure they run into people who stereotype them or misunderstand them, but never violently. <br /><br />I don't expect I could travel abroad without someone snapping to an opinion about me because I'm American or misunderstanding my viewpoint.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.com