12 Nov '13 11:06>
Originally posted by SuzianneI was going to leave this, but i can't.
Ask the kids in Europe who begged the US GIs liberating Europe in WWII for their Hershey bars.
A generation later in SE Asia as well.
* And I think it takes a little more than an opinion on chocolate to make a "douche bag". Like calling one who disagrees with your opinion a douche bag. Like rabid anti-American wanna-be-elitist European douche bags.
WWII, think about that. I could make a cheap comment like i hear European chocolate production was at an all time high during WWII but more to the point between 16-17% of the total population in Poland alone was killed. 2.5% of the global population, around 60 million with the vast majority in Europe and Asia.
If you're family and country were being ripped apart and people killed all around you i think you'd appreciate a free chocolate bar, probably the only chocolate they had access to.
They begged for the chocolate bars? BEGGED??? Jesus Christ girl, you really need to get out of the states and see some of the world.
BTW, anyone who knows me knows i'm not anti-American, i'm anti-ignorance. Something many people have in abundance, in all countries. Difference is when i call Americans out on it i'm anti-American and somehow putting all Americans in the same ignorant box. Go figure.
And no, i don't think someone is a douche-bag for having an opinion, if they have tasted quality European chocolate and think American is better, good for them. If they haven't even tasted it and still proclaim that American is better that's another story... and it's not just confined to chocolate.
I'm not saying America is the only nation that blindly defends something local without trying anything else as 'the best' but they do do it a lot.
For example i say dairy produce in Ireland is the best in the world, it could be, we have enough cows, greenery and dairy farms to pull it off but since i haven't actually tasted milk or cheese in every country i might be wrong.
WWII kids begging for chocolate. Goddamn you infuriate me.
You know, it was only 70 years ago, you might be able to hunt down some of those chocolate giving away GIs and ask them about their experiences in WWII.