becoming i said:
I have read all the posts.
The whole purpose of this thread (joking or not) was to discuss all the people who claim that they will be moving out of this country because W. was elected to four more years. That is politics.
I know that you said that you were leaving before this election even took place, but you also said that the election was the sealing factor.
Yeah I had plans to leave before, and I would not leave based on this election by itself, because that would be stupid IMO, but it was one more thing that I didn't like because seems like America falling to the right. I don't hate the USA, I'm just not happy where it is going.
becoming i said:
As for your reasons, I was just trying to understand how you came to those conclusions. First, you cannot say that the US only thinks of itself. Billions of YOUR tax dollars are going to many, many countries around the world all the time. Second, I assure you that snickering and laughing at others is common in every country around the world. I have seen it. That issue is not exclusive to the US.
Overall, I am just trying to figure out where you are coming from hating the US to the point of leaving.
Like I said I don't hate the US, it just doesn't match my ideals in it's current state of things. Therefore, I am going to move because life is short and I should see if I like somewhere else better. Granted all countries have their good stuff and bad stuff, but from my experiences in Japan and from what I've read, the bad in Japan seem to be things I can handle. Thinking more actively about it, it's the citizens treatment of each other on a day to day basis that wears me down. All the political stuff is icing on the cake.
EDIT:
Forgot to mention that that you were incorrect about Japanese people snickering etc. That kind of behavior is frowned upon there very heavily. They are a very "saving face" society, so this is something that doesn't happen there, and if somebody does act that way, then they are a black sheep and aren't considered the norm.
I don't know your experiences in Japan or if you have ever been there, but if you have, then maybe if you were treated this way, it might have to do with the fact that you are U.S. Military. I know that there they have had many problems with soldiers raping women and young girls in Okinawa. Though I have never been to Okinawa, so I don't know first hand how everyone receives you guys there, but there is a band from there that starts with an M that has wrote songs about it talking about the dream that the miltary leaves Okinawa.
