World's Friendliest Countries - Page 6

On December 11 2009 17:02 .risingdragoon wrote:

that's fine, but it's not fine in this instance

I'll always remember this quote from Frederick Douglass (I'm sure everyone knows who he is):

'' Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.'

just being nice and kind can not fix this mess we're in, you also need power - power to be heard, to be understood, etc. some people will only recognize power, and they gotta understand too. and when you have it, you'll have the choice of not using it.

On December 11 2009 15:08 .risingdragoon wrote:

that's a myth if I've ever heard of one lol

at best it's a novelty for ppl who never meet foreigners. as soon as ur understood u ain't shit.

well, maybe for countries with US army bases, I dunno. I'd love to see any haflassed pink piece of shits try to strut around in vietnam or china xD

here's a clue chill, asian countries are about etiquette. don't mistake that as a weakness. for example me, I'm half asian, and I'd just love to hear you say it to me /drift

On December 11 2009 17:51 GreenManalishi wrote:
China IS more friendly if you are white. I guess it is because I am not a half-assed pink piece of shit. Being white is a LOT more then just being a novelty, Chinese feel impelled to be hospitable to you on behalf of their country and I have made almost all of my Chinese friends, at least initially, because I was white.

I don't really know why are you trying to pretend you are a nice person because you aren't bullshitting us or something, when in fact you are just spewing out your own biased and uninformed opinion. Have you ever lived in China as a white person? Probably not since you said you are half Chinese. Don't go trashing a country's reputation when you don't know what you are talking about. I lived two years in Shanghai and there aren't many friendlier places to live if you are white.

On December 11 2009 17:37 Cedstick wrote:
Stay the fuck out of my country.

On December 11 2009 18:00 DragoonPK wrote:


me?

On December 11 2009 18:06 disco wrote:
France is like the most unfriendly country out there. They don't bother to speak to you in english if you don't know french, even though they know english. They're like, speak french or fuck off.

On December 11 2009 17:58 .risingdragoon wrote:


and who are they less friendly to exactly? you really think it's cus ur white that they're friendly, and not cus US and EU have been prominent in the past 1-200 years? It's economics and consequently cultural export you idiot. they don't know you, and they certainly don't think you're better just for being you. and as china progresses and they actually get to see more of the world, they'll know better.

On December 11 2009 18:15 Cedstick wrote:

Uh, they don't all know English, though. And who're you to walk in to their country and expect them to speak a language YOU know? If you're going to a country, you learn THEIR language.

On December 11 2009 18:18 GreenManalishi wrote:


I never said they are less friendly to anyone specifically, only that they are more polite and friendly to white foreigners. It is because of this 'cultural export' that they do treat white foreigners better, I don't really know what you are arguing. Being white in China makes the Chinese more interested and polite to you, often it is because you look like a walking dollar sign, but just as often they are genuine and actually want to get to know you. I have made several really good friends in China and I only met them because I am white and they were curious and friendly. I never said anything about being better, I only said that being white makes Chinese people more friendly.