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Originally posted by Connorflynn:
Hmmm.. This is how the Netherlands reacts to 1 death. Makes you wonder how they would react if 3000+ Dutch were killed?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3998347.stm

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Originally posted by Geezer:
But...But...the Dutch are peace-loving Europeans. They don't react like us violent, savage Americans. This must be a mistake.

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Originally posted by Daikath:

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Originally posted by Connorflynn:
Hmmm.. This is how the Netherlands reacts to 1 death. Makes you wonder how they would react if 3000+ Dutch were killed?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3998347.stm

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Originally posted by Geezer:
But...But...the Dutch are peace-loving Europeans. They don't react like us violent, savage Americans. This must be a mistake.

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At first I didn't think much of this, but now I have thought about it I must say that I am a tad offended to be honest.

The US never had any attacks on its home soil since the civil war (or at least not in a century) whilst there were two major world wars on european soil.

For example my father when he hears the testing of airsirens (or once when I was playing a videogame with certain sounds) is always remembered of a bombing on his home town when he was little. At the first run it didn't cause too many damage, but then they went back to help poeple and they went over it again. 200 poeple dead. They were not even german bombers but allied planes making a navigational mistake.

I can tell more stories about my family during that war. The reason I tell this is because after September 11th most Americans think they are the only ones who know what its like to be attacked and hurt. Whilst europeans might be more pacifistic because we might know the conaequences of war better.

I dont know if the war in Iraq was the good thing or not, but that attitude is somewhat offensive to me if Im being honest.

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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
connorflyn wrote - "What I find maddening is that the US was labeled as "Over-reacting" to the 9/11 attacks."

I'm afraid I've got to agree with daikath on this one. The US did indeed react poorly to 9/11, connorflyn. Let's not mistake over-reacting with reacting poorly. It's perfectly reasonable for people to be angry and go to war when they're attacked. Like Mal said to Saffron, Somebody tries to kill you, you kill 'em right back. But shouldn't that attack have a focus that makes sense? Shouldn't the US have gone into afghanistan or saudi arabia or egypt in response?

Anyway, I looked for the bias in Europeans that you said you saw, but I couldn't find it. Please explain further. How is it a bias when someone reacts to killing negatively? Do you expect nederlanders to be happy when someone dies? Do you expect them to be happy if 3,000 people die?

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