Originally Posted by
Spartiate
First of all, I wrote a good reply to this just before my computer crashed :bang:... *take 2*
I don't believe that what I posted had much to do with what you said, but I'll humour you anyways...
If you are arguing that the guy was a jerk, then I agree. The only thing you posted that I don't agree with is when you said that he was a leftist (A leftist complaining about oppression? Yeah right... (no pun intended)), he was as right-wing as they get.
I'll also take the time to explain my previous post a little further. What is America's view of itself on the world? The land of opportunity, free of any form of oppression and bursting at the seams with freedom, right? Well, when the rest of the world (which is pretty tired of America's righteous, high and mighty attitude, by the way...) sees something like this, it doesn't think "Wow, that loudmouth asshole disrupted a well organized political speech, how dare he surpass his allotted time!". No, instead it thinks "Wow, officers of the law violently subdued a man for speaking his mind!". So you can't blame us for finding it a little hypocritical when the US criticizes every little human rights violation that takes place abroad (which you generalize in the same out of context way that we generalize this incident).
As for why I don't believe in democracy, that's another topic for another time (but I'd be more than happy to present my arguments if you started a thread about it)...