Great film although Americans will not understand it.

I think that one of the largest barriers to peace and understanding of other cultures is the use of generalizations. When you make generalizations about a group of people, you assume that they are all the same when in fact this is not true. Americans, for example, are one of the most diverse people in the world (if not the most diverse). By Americans, I mean people who live in the United States, as all peoples of the American continents are Americans. There are over 300 million of us in the United States, do you honestly think that we are all the same? We are diverse in many ways, including ideologically. There are many millions of Americans who have opposed the war since Bush first issued the ultimatum. It is offensive to me when people claim that we are allowing people to die when many of us dedicate our lives to peace and helping others. There are protests against the war every day, all over the country. Millions are contributing their time and money to political campaigns so that we can replace politicians who are corrupt, ignorant, and incompetent.

As for the movie, what prevented me from enjoying it was that it was trite and pretentious. The acting and directing were excellent for the most part; I look forward to seeing more of Vinterberg’s work in the future. My friends and I love watching movies that make us think. However, I think it is silly to suggest that there is not enough love in the world. I have lived in the United States, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Norway and have friends from every corner of the earth. I know from experience that there is love everywhere. To cite a lack of love as the source of our problems today is naive and overly simplistic. If there were a single source of our problems (although I believe that it is much more complicated than this), it would be fear.

For those of you who have been patient enough to read this post, thank you. I realize that I may not have changed anybody’s mind about Americans, but I hope that I have at least made you think. I believe that it is especially important that we don’t make generalizations and assumptions about other cultures; if everybody understood this, we would all be much better off. Now I shall step off of my soap box. Thank you for reading and I welcome responses.

Can I get myself a cowboy hat too like you.

I didn't really give you my opion about what I think about Communism, cowboy.

I was just pointing out that world might not be how you see it... thats economics.

Can I get a gun and some stars too.


"We have approximately 15 years before China overtakes the US"

"Every man, woman and child in America imports approximately $16 worth of foreign product and they only export $9 so there's a gap of several dollars a day for every man, woman and child - multiplied by 282 million people, multiplied by 365 days a year, equals $US650 billion a year which is bigger than most countries GDP by a mile...that's how deficit is financed...by the Chinese and Japanese banks buying American government debt,"