Are Americans in general so stupid or is it only Bush?

[scottishlass]

The president of the United States said on the topic of torture:
"... is to make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad." However, he also said that persons should not be prosecuted who tortured and didn't know that torture is bad and banned.
HELLO? Ever heard of the human rights convention? Or even common sense?
That sounds like those folks who sued the US cigarette industry by claiming they didn't know smoking is a health risk.

I'm sorry if I offend any of my US friends, but let's face it, you are a strange kind of nation, aren't you?

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[falinemalfoy.livejournal.com]

I like to think everyone is strange in their own sort of way. However, sadly America has a president right now who seemingly represents where the US Educational system is, AND how ignorant Americans can be at times. Not all of us, mind you, but there's a lot of ignorance and looking the other way here.

Annnnd, Bush is an idiot. He can't speak properly, he probably couldn't spell properly if he didn't have a beta (*giggle*) for his speaches. He appals me. But, it's a sad truth to the American Education. Yeah, we leave no child behind; we're just making the smart ones more stupid so the idiots don't feel so left out.

I'd like to say we're not stupid in general, but every nation has it's stupid people, and where I live, they're overpowering. lol, back up inmy little hometown of 8,000 I never imagined people could honestly be so clueless until I moved to a city of half a million.