Firstly, to the song - it's not just about 'politics' in the shallow sense, i.e. Tony Blair/George Bush politics - it's about PEOPLE's politics. I think the line 'tell me your own politic' is the most important in the entire song, personally, as it's almost the narrator crying out for some tolerance and some diversity in THE WAY WE THINK. That's what politics are - not government, that's entirely seperate - it's about how we think and feel.
Anyway, back to the post above, let's rip this particular patriot to pieces.
"the United States is basically the superpower of the world"
-firstly, this doesn't make you most important. People are equal, which is why I don't care for 9/11 any more than for the victims in the Crusades and the thousands you yourselves have killed over the decades.
"that doesn't really leave hope for the rest of the world"
-i hope you know your economics because without the US the world would be a much more free and liberal place to live your life. We can get on fine without you, you arrogant f**ker.
"9/11 was the worst thing to happen to this country in a very long time"
-so? I will not support terrorism on any level but you had it coming to you and how does this relate to the argument anyway? It still wasn't AS BAD as the events in Israel and Africa, so why give it such significance? Oh wait, because you're a superpower. so your lives matter more than others. That's about right. You might be the richest nation on Earth - you're also the f**king thickest.
"The United States gives millions and millions of dollars to other countries when they have tragedies"
-here I get angry. Most of the ills in the world are caused by your own nation, yet you have the cheek to 'repay' a tiny amount of reparations money to 'compensate' for what you've done, and this is meant to heal all wounds? F**king good one.
Don't preach at people to become more educated when you yourself are just an overly patriotic sheep following the preachy nature of everything taught to American kids. 9/11 was no worse than any other disaster or war that has ever occurred and it is a f**king atrocity when americans come on threads like this one saying "its probably about 9/11, after all, everything IS". This song is NOT about 9/11 and we really do not CARE ENOUGH TO WRITE ABOUT IT. That said, Helicopter by Bloc Party is about George Bush so go read.
@3lancer I know this is nine and half years after you wrote this comment but I just had to respond.
What would the world look like if the US had an isolationist foreign policy?
Japan and South Korea would probably be in similar situations as North Korea is in today, and what would Europe look like?
It might just be a few authoritarian governments. Spain and Italy might be under dictatorships and the rest of Western Europe might be Nazi Germany and all of Eastern Europe might be the Soviet Union. And if the USA didn't try and combat terrorists and radical muslims...
@3lancer I know this is nine and half years after you wrote this comment but I just had to respond.
What would the world look like if the US had an isolationist foreign policy?
Japan and South Korea would probably be in similar situations as North Korea is in today, and what would Europe look like?
It might just be a few authoritarian governments. Spain and Italy might be under dictatorships and the rest of Western Europe might be Nazi Germany and all of Eastern Europe might be the Soviet Union. And if the USA didn't try and combat terrorists and radical muslims the Jihadists might be going around the world saying convert to their version of Islam or else they'll kill you
Your view of the world is extremely ignorant and it's a good thing your views are not how the USA's foreign policy is run. I'm not saying everything the USA does is perfect economically or militarily but the USA has been the biggest fighter of authoritarianism and genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries.
If your policies were put into place the whole world might be nuked and there wouldn't be any people left to enjoy coldplay's great music.
If the above could spell I'd have more sympathy.
Firstly, to the song - it's not just about 'politics' in the shallow sense, i.e. Tony Blair/George Bush politics - it's about PEOPLE's politics. I think the line 'tell me your own politic' is the most important in the entire song, personally, as it's almost the narrator crying out for some tolerance and some diversity in THE WAY WE THINK. That's what politics are - not government, that's entirely seperate - it's about how we think and feel.
Anyway, back to the post above, let's rip this particular patriot to pieces.
"the United States is basically the superpower of the world" -firstly, this doesn't make you most important. People are equal, which is why I don't care for 9/11 any more than for the victims in the Crusades and the thousands you yourselves have killed over the decades.
"that doesn't really leave hope for the rest of the world" -i hope you know your economics because without the US the world would be a much more free and liberal place to live your life. We can get on fine without you, you arrogant f**ker.
"9/11 was the worst thing to happen to this country in a very long time" -so? I will not support terrorism on any level but you had it coming to you and how does this relate to the argument anyway? It still wasn't AS BAD as the events in Israel and Africa, so why give it such significance? Oh wait, because you're a superpower. so your lives matter more than others. That's about right. You might be the richest nation on Earth - you're also the f**king thickest.
"The United States gives millions and millions of dollars to other countries when they have tragedies" -here I get angry. Most of the ills in the world are caused by your own nation, yet you have the cheek to 'repay' a tiny amount of reparations money to 'compensate' for what you've done, and this is meant to heal all wounds? F**king good one.
Don't preach at people to become more educated when you yourself are just an overly patriotic sheep following the preachy nature of everything taught to American kids. 9/11 was no worse than any other disaster or war that has ever occurred and it is a f**king atrocity when americans come on threads like this one saying "its probably about 9/11, after all, everything IS". This song is NOT about 9/11 and we really do not CARE ENOUGH TO WRITE ABOUT IT. That said, Helicopter by Bloc Party is about George Bush so go read.
I think your opinion might actually be the meaning of the song.
I think your opinion might actually be the meaning of the song.
@3lancer I know this is nine and half years after you wrote this comment but I just had to respond. What would the world look like if the US had an isolationist foreign policy? Japan and South Korea would probably be in similar situations as North Korea is in today, and what would Europe look like? It might just be a few authoritarian governments. Spain and Italy might be under dictatorships and the rest of Western Europe might be Nazi Germany and all of Eastern Europe might be the Soviet Union. And if the USA didn't try and combat terrorists and radical muslims...
@3lancer I know this is nine and half years after you wrote this comment but I just had to respond. What would the world look like if the US had an isolationist foreign policy? Japan and South Korea would probably be in similar situations as North Korea is in today, and what would Europe look like? It might just be a few authoritarian governments. Spain and Italy might be under dictatorships and the rest of Western Europe might be Nazi Germany and all of Eastern Europe might be the Soviet Union. And if the USA didn't try and combat terrorists and radical muslims the Jihadists might be going around the world saying convert to their version of Islam or else they'll kill you Your view of the world is extremely ignorant and it's a good thing your views are not how the USA's foreign policy is run. I'm not saying everything the USA does is perfect economically or militarily but the USA has been the biggest fighter of authoritarianism and genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries. If your policies were put into place the whole world might be nuked and there wouldn't be any people left to enjoy coldplay's great music.